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Date:      Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:03:01 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Cc:        Sun Zongjun-E5739C <E5739C@motorola.com>
Subject:   Re: How to configure a usb device
Message-ID:  <200610232103.10234.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <565F40B9893580489B94B8D324460AF4E29001@zmy16exm63.ds.mot.com>

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On Monday 23 October 2006 18:26, Sun Zongjun-E5739C wrote:
> I want to use a usb network interface on FreeBSD6.1 as well as I use it
> on linux. When insert the USB into Linux box and run ifconfig command,
> it will report that a usb0(1, 2) can be used now. But when I insert the
> same USB device into the FreeBSD box, FreeBSD only report that some USB
> device has been detected, there is nothing on the screen when I run
> ifconfig command.

You need to paste the dmesg output so we have a chance to see what the actual 
device in question is..
The output of usbdevs -v would be useful.

If you are running a GENERIC kernel (which has all of the USB drivers loaded 
in it already) then it would seem FreeBSD doesn't support your hardware.

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