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Date:      Mon, 19 Mar 2001 07:50:45 -0500 (EST)
From:      Mike Wright <mcw@grove.ufl.edu>
To:        Otter <otterr@telocity.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: DEFPA supported?
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.4.21.0103190742350.741-100000@bay>
In-Reply-To: <000801c0b005$fed5bf80$1401a8c0@zoso>

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On Sun, 18 Mar 2001, Otter wrote:

> did you make the device in /dev?
> -Otter

Nope.  There's no "MAKEDEV fpa" supported, and I don't what the
major/minor numbers should be for a mknod.  It wasn't clear to me that it
needed to be in /dev since network interfaces aren't normally there.  The
file /usr/src/sys/conf/majors lists the assigned major numbers, but
nothing for an "fpa" device.

Should it be in /dev?  How would I make the device file?

M.W.

> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mike Wright
> > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 11:08 AM
> > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > Subject: DEFPA supported?
> >
> >
> >
> > I've just done a fresh install of 4.2 to test FreeBSD on an
> > internal FDDI
> > backbone.  I've modified the GENERIC configuration by adding these
> > two lines
> >
> > 	device		fpa		# DEFPA
> > 	pseudo-device	fddi		# DEFPA
> >
> > The kernel seems to rebuild without error, though I've
> > noticed that there
> > isn't a /modules/if_fpa.ko file as there is for the Ethernet card.
> >
> > When rebooting, I see these messages on the console:
> >
> > 	fpa0: <Digital DEFPA PCI FDDI Controller> irq 10 at
> > device 15.0 on pci0
> > 	fpa0: driver is using old-style compatability shims
> >
> > The card is installed and connected, however, any attempt to
> > use ifconfig
> > to configure it results in the message
> >
> > 	ifconfig: interface fpa0 does not exist
> >
> > What more needs to be done to have the device recognized?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mike Wright
> > University of Florida
> > mcw@ufl.edu
> >
> >
> >
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