Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:27:48 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: theblues gnr <thebluesgnr@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling modules statically Message-ID: <20050912222748.GA12943@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <BAY20-F3E9588871AF49713FF9EFA09D0@phx.gbl> References: <20050912194026.GA63524@xor.obsecurity.org> <BAY20-F3E9588871AF49713FF9EFA09D0@phx.gbl>
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--AhhlLboLdkugWU4S Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 06:37:06PM -0300, theblues gnr wrote: >=20 >=20 > First of all, thank you for your reply. >=20 > Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 04:34:15PM -0300, theblues gnr wrote: > >> Hello everyone! > >> > >> I'm having trouble setting up networking on the ABIT AV8 motherboard= =20 > >using > >> the onboard NIC. From: > >> http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html > >> > >> "On-board ethernet controller (vge(4)) does not work unless statically > >> compiled into kernel." > >> > >> I do know how to compile a kernel (from the Handbook) but I do not kno= w=20 > >how > >> to compile a module statically. Could anyone please point me to the=20 > >right > >> documentation on doing that? > > > >It means "do not use a (dynamic) module, compile the driver into your > >(static) kernel." > > > >Kris >=20 > I didn't word my problem correctly; what I wanted to know is how to compi= le=20 > the driver statically. When I follow the instructions on building a custo= m=20 > kernel the vge driver gets built as a module. Edit the kernel configuration file and add the appropriate entry (cf GENERIC or NOTES). This is surely described in the handbook. Kris --AhhlLboLdkugWU4S Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDJgDjWry0BWjoQKURAoD6AKC/RoregfpOVwMkGUMk/XBip62k6wCgyOj3 mCpGlHvWp9vNTeDAdsRvtWQ= =HyWY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --AhhlLboLdkugWU4S--
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