Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 14:28:27 -0400 From: tim palmer <timpal@intercall.com> To: davidg@root.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3c590... Message-ID: <31EA8DCB.2781E494@intercall.com> References: <199607140157.SAA02544@root.com>
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hmm, so if you're the "Principal Architect", I should take your word over the people at Walnut Creek regarding 3c590 support in 2.1.5, yes? Ahh well, c'est la guerre! David Greenman wrote: > > >On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Tim Palmer wrote: > > > >> I'm trying to get a 3c590 ethernet board to talk to my FreeBSD > >> 2.1 (Walnut Creek CD-ROM) and having no luck. I've downloaded if_vx.c > >> and if_vxreg.h from -current and referenced if_vc in my files.i386, but > >> the kernel compile fails with 3 messages complaining about if_vx.c > >> referencing an unknown "if_softc". So, my real question is: as a non C > >> speaking person, should I not worry about making this 3c590 work just > >> yet? Or did I just miss a simple step in installing the driver? > > > >Trying to back-port it to 2.1-R wouldn't be such a great idea. Just hang > >on for the 2.1.5-RELEASE; it includes the 3c590 support, I believe. > > Err, actually, no, it doesn't. We should probably have brought it in > before the code freeze. :-( > > -DG > > David Greenman > Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project
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