Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 16:29:59 +0800 (WST) From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Alex <lex@internode.on.net> Cc: buga@lemis.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: /boot/device.hints Message-ID: <XFMail.20011117162959.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <001601c16f31$e8fdeac0$c2926596@slick>
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On 17-Nov-2001 Alex wrote: > The kernel should consult /boot/device.hints at boot time and record these > attributes. > I know these are the correct attributes bec I had to manually set them with > a jumper. OK.. > The strange thing is, is that using 4.4-STABLE boot disks and using > UserConfig to tell the kernel > the above attributes of my NIC, works. Hmm but 4.4 != -current :) > 1. With having the correct device.hints, shouldn't this be enough for the > kernel to know about the device ? I would think so. > 2. Have I overlooked an important step ? Perhaps check with kenv (I think) that what you set in the loader is propogated. --- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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