How can I install a driver?

2006-04-10 Thread Yousef Raffah
I'm having an issue as I'm a newbie in installing/configuring the marvell driver for FreeBSD. A quick search in the mailing lists shows: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2601224+2604070 +/usr/local/www/db/text/2006/freebsd-questions/20060402.freebsd-questions but I have no clue how I

Re: How can I install a driver?

2006-04-10 Thread Fabian Keil
Yousef Raffah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having an issue as I'm a newbie in installing/configuring the marvell driver for FreeBSD. A quick search in the mailing lists shows: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=2601224+2604070

Re: How can I install a driver?

2006-04-10 Thread Chris H.
Hello, Have a look at /boot/defaults/loader.conf for your desired driver. Then copy it to your /boot/loader.conf file (the desired line). Also have a look at the command: man loader.conf Quoting Yousef Raffah [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm having an issue as I'm a newbie in installing/configuring the

Re: How can I install a driver?

2006-04-10 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:07, Chris H. wrote: but I have no clue how I can bypass the second step, which is installing the if_myk.ko to /boot/kernel I have tried to cp if_yk.ko /boot/kernel/ bad idea. Maybe you should elaborate as to why.. It shouldn't do any *harm*. The only

Re: How can I install a driver?

2006-04-10 Thread Chris H.
Quoting Daniel O'Connor [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tuesday 11 April 2006 06:07, Chris H. wrote: but I have no clue how I can bypass the second step, which is installing the if_myk.ko to /boot/kernel I have tried to cp if_yk.ko /boot/kernel/ bad idea. Maybe you should elaborate as to why..

Re: How can I install a driver?

2006-04-10 Thread Daniel O'Connor
On Tuesday 11 April 2006 11:51, Chris H. wrote: This is the correct location for modules. Hence my bad idea comment. But if you had sourced: /boot/defaults/loader.conf, man loader.conf then you already figured this out, and know why I might have said bad idea. :) Yes, *I* already know that