Re: how to apply patches on a system that doesnot have functional network device ?

2009-10-22 Thread Sascha Wildner
Saifi Khan schrieb: i'm leaning towards USB-Ethernet and was wondering if there is a USB-Ethernet device that is known to work fine with DragonFly BSD 2.4.1 ? We have aue(4), axe(4), cue(4), kue(4), rue(4). See the respective manual pages for which hardware they support. Sascha --

how to apply patches on a system that doesnot have functional network device ?

2009-10-21 Thread Saifi Khan
Hi: Here is a situation that i'm facing on a Compaq C301TU laptop. The NIC card (Realtek) does not work due to driver issue. The WLAN card (Broadcom) does not work due to driver issue. Currently, i review the possible patch visually on an identical laptop (running FreeBSD-8) and then type out

Re: how to apply patches on a system that doesnot have functional network device ?

2009-10-21 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Saifi Khan wrote: Hi: Here is a situation that i'm facing on a Compaq C301TU laptop. The NIC card (Realtek) does not work due to driver issue. The WLAN card (Broadcom) does not work due to driver issue. Currently, i review the possible patch visually on an identical laptop (running

Re: how to apply patches on a system that doesnot have functional network device ?

2009-10-21 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Wed, October 21, 2009 12:34 pm, Saifi Khan wrote: Hi: Here is a situation that i'm facing on a Compaq C301TU laptop. The NIC card (Realtek) does not work due to driver issue. The WLAN card (Broadcom) does not work due to driver issue. Currently, i review the possible patch visually on

Re: how to apply patches on a system that doesnot have functional network device ?

2009-10-21 Thread Michael Neumann
2009/10/21 Saifi Khan saifi.k...@datasynergy.org Hi: Here is a situation that i'm facing on a Compaq C301TU laptop. The NIC card (Realtek) does not work due to driver issue. The WLAN card (Broadcom) does not work due to driver issue. Currently, i review the possible patch visually on an