Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 14:47:14 -0400 From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis) To: hackers@freebsd.org Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: More de driver info...... Message-ID: <199608211847.OAA14657@etinc.com>
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I've semi-isolated the problem with the de driver not working in 2.1.5R. Its not in the driver (the 2.1.0R driver fails in a similar way). It seems to be a problem with some probes, and the difference in 2.1.5 seems to to that PCI devices are always probed first. The culprits are the aic and the uha drivers...both of which seem to disable the de board and render it inoperable upon probe. When using 10baseT...the light on the hub is illuminated when de0 is probed, and it goes out when either uha or aic is probed. Commenting both from the generic kernel allows it to work...if either is in there the board cannot be used. while I can certainly do without both drivers, I cannot load new systems because the generic kernel doesnt work with any of the de compatible cards I have (and I suspect none other as well). I need to generate new boot disk with a working kernel. Is there an easy way (without making an entire release) to just put an alternate kernel on the install boot floppy? Thanks, Dennis ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emerging Technologies, Inc. http://www.etinc.com Synchronous Communications Cards and Routers For Discriminating Tastes. 56k to T1 and beyond. Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC, and X.25 for BSD/OS, FreeBSD and LINUX
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