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Date:      Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:37:06 -0300
From:      "theblues gnr" <thebluesgnr@hotmail.com>
To:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Compiling modules statically
Message-ID:  <BAY20-F3E9588871AF49713FF9EFA09D0@phx.gbl>
In-Reply-To: <20050912194026.GA63524@xor.obsecurity.org>

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First of all, thank you for your reply.

Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 04:34:15PM -0300, theblues gnr wrote:
> > Hello everyone!
> >
> > I'm having trouble setting up networking on the ABIT AV8 motherboard 
>using
> > the onboard NIC. From:
> > http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/amd64/motherboards.html
> >
> > "On-board ethernet controller (vge(4)) does not work unless statically
> > compiled into kernel."
> >
> > I do know how to compile a kernel (from the Handbook) but I do not know 
>how
> > to compile a module statically. Could anyone please point me to the 
>right
> > documentation on doing that?
>
>It means "do not use a (dynamic) module, compile the driver into your
>(static) kernel."
>
>Kris

I didn't word my problem correctly; what I wanted to know is how to compile 
the driver statically. When I follow the instructions on building a custom 
kernel the vge driver gets built as a module.

Thank you,

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