Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 19:51:36 -0600 (CST) From: Brad Carlson <carlson@tcfreenet.org> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Forcing drivers to load with /boot/loader? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10101031854320.21305-100000@tcfreenet.org> In-Reply-To: <3A53C78F.359C6A80@heitec.net>
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I'm working with an old test kernel (from a 1998 lab project) which does
not recognize the ethernet cards I use today. Sources for the old kernel
were lost in the sands of time, so I can't just upgrade. The cards I buy
today are just newer versions of the same old cards, but they are
no-longer recognized by the old kernel.
For example, the old kernel supports 3C590/3C595 cards (as displayed with
"strings /kernel"), but new Vortex-compatible 905B cards show up as:
pci0:9: vendor=3D0x10b7, device=3D0x9055, class=3Dnetwork (ethernet) int a=
irq=20
10 [no driver assigned]
Similarly, my oldest SMC Etherpower DE21040 cards work with this old
kernel, but my new Intel 21143 Tulip knockoffs get [no driver assigned].
Is there a way for me to clue the kernel that the card it sees is indeed a
Vortex or de0 card, perhaps using "set..." from the boot loader?
-Bradley
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