Eric Grosse <gro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 7, 2024, 11:43 Theo de Raadt <dera...@openbsd.org> wrote: > > > My usual workaround is to download the latest src tree, then sysupgrade, > then > > I doubt your sysupgrade worked. > > It would explain why you had further trouble. > > I'm sure you're right and it is my error. But FWIW, the sysupgrade reported > success > and the kernel compile on the new system ran without complaint and since I've > moved > back to the upgrade'd systems I've been running without issue. I'm happy to > send my > console transcript if it is of interest to anyone, but I'd guess not really a > good use > of anyone's time. > > Really my question here was just: is it expensive or risky to include the em > driver in > the ppc64 release build? If so is there a preferred PCI network card I should > buy? > > And again, respect to all the developers that contribute so much to us. I'm > fine as > is.
The problem is you are mixing -current kernel with 7.5 release, or the other way around. I don't know what step you missed, but a step has been missed. As for em(4), we'll look into adding more ethernet drivers to the kernel config.
