Date: 15 Sep 2005 09:21:52 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: tgoodaire@linux.ca (Tim Goodaire) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with dual ethernet card Message-ID: <44psraa2kv.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20050914150846.GA9596@dahmer> References: <20050913180117.GB2194@dahmer> <Pine.BSI.4.33.0509131509120.23062-100000@hypselo.centroin.com.br> <20050913194959.GC2194@dahmer> <44u0gobsoa.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <20050914150846.GA9596@dahmer>
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tgoodaire@linux.ca (Tim Goodaire) writes: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 04:48:21PM -0400, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > > tgoodaire@linux.ca (Tim Goodaire) writes: > > > > > On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:09:54PM -0300, scuba@centroin.com.br wrote: > > > > hi Tim, > > > > > > > > Is it listed here? > > > > > > > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html#ETHERNET > > > > > > No. It doesn't appear to be on that list. The card is an Intel Pro/100 S > > > dual port adapter, and worked well with the eepro100 driver under Linux. > > > > > > So, am I out of luck using this card with FreeBSD? > > > > I'm not sure that all Pro/100 cards use the same hardware, but all the > > ones I've used are under the fxp driver, not dc. And I've got a > > dual-port here that works fine. > > I've been trying to read the documentation to figure out what to do > about this. Basically, FreeBSD wants to use the dc driver for my card, > and it should be using the fxp driver. > > Should I try and disable the dc driver in /boot/device.hints? I _think_ > that this will just keep that driver from loading. Will I have to set up > hints for the fxp driver also? I would build a kernel without the driver. And see what happens...
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