Re: kernel probe of NICs

2004-02-03 Thread Saint Aardvark the Carpeted
lee slaughter disturbed my sleep to write: OK, looks like 5.1 sk diver doesn't support 3C940 but 5.2 does. So can I get a 5.2 sk driver and load the module? Or do I have to rebuild kernel? Hm...I've never tried using a module from a different version of FreeBSD before, but I'd be wary of

Re: kernel probe of NICs

2004-02-03 Thread Saint Aardvark the Carpeted
(I sent this originally to [EMAIL PROTECTED], but it bounced.) -- lee slaughter disturbed my sleep to write: OK, looks like 5.1 sk diver doesn't support 3C940 but 5.2 does. So can I get a 5.2 sk driver and load the module? Or do I have to rebuild kernel? Hm...I've never tried using a module

Re: [Fwd: Re: kernel probe of NICs]

2004-02-03 Thread Saint Aardvark the Carpeted
lee slaughter disturbed my sleep to write: so can i get a 5.2 sk(4) driver and recompile into 5.1? Maybe. I've done something similar (grab code from later versions and recompile into earlier versions), but it's not really kosher and I don't know that I'd recommend it. There's a few options

Re: kernel probe of NICs

2004-01-30 Thread Luke Hollins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i'm new to FreeBSD (5.1 from CD set) and grateful for it. i've installed one machine no problems but on another a suspect ethernet interface has developed. It's an Asus p4p800 motherboard with 3C940 on the board. (i'm suspect of this much integration) At first,

kernel probe of NICs

2004-01-29 Thread lees
Hi, i'm new to FreeBSD (5.1 from CD set) and grateful for it. i've installed one machine no problems but on another a suspect ethernet interface has developed. It's an Asus p4p800 motherboard with 3C940 on the board. (i'm suspect of this much integration) At first, messing with Debian and

Re: kernel probe of NICs

2004-01-29 Thread Saint Aardvark the Carpeted
[EMAIL PROTECTED] disturbed my sleep to write: i've installed one machine no problems but on another a suspect ethernet interface has developed. It's an Asus p4p800 motherboard with 3C940 on the board. (i'm suspect of this much integration) At first, messing with Debian and Suse, the card