On 6/20/09, Michael Gass <mg...@unix.csbsju.edu> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 12:24:29PM -0500, Michael Gass wrote: >> I'm running 7.2-stable and I replaced an old ISA NIC with >> a D-Link DFE-530TX+ card. According to the manual, the >> correct driver for this card is rl driver. The kernel >> insists on using the vr driver which is for the DFE-530TX. >> >From what I can tell, the two cards have different chipsets >> and so the drivers are not compatable. >> > > I got the vr driver to work: it was an IRQ issue. Seems > sio1 wanted irq 3 which is what vr0 was taking. Somehow that > caused a problem. > > BUT > > I am still confused about the rl driver not working for this > card. The NOTES in /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES explicitly state > that the rl driver is for the DFE-530TX+ and that the vr > driver is for the DFE-530TX. I have the former and so should > be using the rl drive it seems. Is this a mistake in the > documentation (including the man page for each driver)? > > I made a new kernel without the vr driver and the result was > that no driver at all was recognized for the NIC. > Is there a way to force the kernel to put an entry in /dev > for rl0 so that I could try to configue it for the NIC?
Yes, modify source code and recompile and reinstall/kldload kernel/module. -- Paul _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
