Hey again everyone. I'm trying to get two network cards working on the same FreeBSD 5.2.1 box, which would normally be pretty trivial, except they're both on the fxp driver.
I have them booting up, but As I suspected, the onboard nic dropped down to fpx1 while the newly installed nic hijacked fpx0. Here's the relevant info from /var/run/dmesg.boot: fxp0: <Intel 82557 Pro/100 Ethernet> port 0xdf00-0xdf1f mem 0xfce00000-0xfcefffff,0xf8000000-0xf8000fff irq 21 at device 0.0 on pci2 fxp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:c9:74:12:48 miibus0: <MII bus> on fxp0 inphy0: <i82555 10/100 media interface> on miibus0 inphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto fxp1: <Intel 82801BA (D865) Pro/100 VE Ethernet> port 0xdf40-0xdf7f mem 0xfcdef000-0xfcdeffff irq 20 at device 8.0 on pci2 fxp1: Ethernet address 00:11:11:02:20:43 miibus1: <MII bus> on fxp1 inphy1: <i82562ET 10/100 media interface> on miibus1 inphy1: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto The ethernet addresses are what tells me the nics swapped out. Before installing the second nic, fxp0 (the onboard nic) was falling on irq 20 with ethernet address 00:11:11:01:20:43. I guess I don't really care all that much, but just to be sure they don't try connecting the wrong network if the other dies, I'd like to force them to a specific device. I vaguely remember something about hints in /boot/device.hints but I'm not sure I like the idea of 'guessing' the right way to do this. I didn't find it in the FAQ or the FM, but I know that doesn't mean it's not there. I'd appreciate the pointer or the quick and dirty howto. TIA Lou -- Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ QOTD: "What do you mean, you had the dog fixed? Just what made you think he was broken!" _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
