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

[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

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

[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 the code on the
other laptop in sys/dev/netif/rl/if_rl.c file.

Is there a better way to apply patches on a system that doesnot
have functional network devices ?

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 ?

Please accept my apologies for this newbie query and look
forward to suggestions from the more experienced folks on this
matter.


thanks
Saifi.

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

[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 FreeBSD-8) and then type out the code on the
other laptop in sys/dev/netif/rl/if_rl.c file.

Is there a better way to apply patches on a system that doesnot
have functional network devices ?


You could transfer the sources via a USB pen drive, that's what I'd try.

cheers
 simon

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

[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 an identical
 laptop (running FreeBSD-8) and then type out the code on the
 other laptop in sys/dev/netif/rl/if_rl.c file.

 Is there a better way to apply patches on a system that doesnot
 have functional network devices ?

If you have a USB memory stick, that would at least save you the retyping.

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

[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 identical
 laptop (running FreeBSD-8) and then type out the code on the
 other laptop in sys/dev/netif/rl/if_rl.c file.

 Is there a better way to apply patches on a system that doesnot
 have functional network devices ?

 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 ?

 Please accept my apologies for this newbie query and look
 forward to suggestions from the more experienced folks on this
 matter.


I have an USB WLAN device supported by the ural(4) driver which works fine.

Regards,

  Michael