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Date:      Thu, 17 May 2001 18:01:46 -0500
From:      Dave Uhring <duhring@charter.net>
To:        Stephan van Beerschoten <stephanb@whacky.net>, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
Cc:        Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com>, FreeBSD-Stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Recent fxp Driver Changes
Message-ID:  <01051718050200.02077@dave.uhring.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010517231318.A71250@enigma.whacky.net>
References:  <20010515171734.28209.qmail@web11604.mail.yahoo.com> <5.1.0.14.0.20010515131843.03464600@marble.sentex.ca> <20010517231318.A71250@enigma.whacky.net>

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On Thu, 17 May 2001, Stephan van Beerschoten wrote:
> On Tue, 15 May 2001, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> 
> > At 10:17 AM 5/15/01 -0700, Holtor wrote:
> > >Hi All,
> > >
> > >First i'd like to say i've used the fxp driver for
> > >years and years and its always worked flawlessly.
> > 
> > me too.
> 
> Yep .. I'm not happy with it either. Actually for the first time
> ever I'm affraid to build and reboot the current -stable kernel
> because my fxp0 is the only link it has to the outside and because
> its a remote machine for me. 
> 
> I imagine there are others as well that maintain remote machines
> and don't really like tampering with network drivers. I bought the
> fxp card on recommendation because of its stability.
> 
> Oh well, I'm confident it'll all turn out the right way.. I'll just
> wait with building a new kernel untill I don't hear anyone 
> complaining anymore and then I'll cross my fingers and try booting 
> the kernel myself.
> 
> with regards,
>  Stephan
> 

To avoid the error which I made, i.e. losing my recent -STABLE kernel,
before you do your buildkernel, copy your present /kernel to /kernel.good. 
Delay making installworld until you have rebooted with the new kernel and
checked your networking ability.  Only then run make installworld, etc.

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