Re: Holtek HT80232 NIC unrecognized on FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE

2005-07-25 Thread jackqq
Thank you! I've learnt how to use send-pr and posted the PR. On 7/24/05, Gary W. Swearingen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I sure hope you'll file a PR about your addition to the file. > -- jackqq :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list ht

Re: Holtek HT80232 NIC unrecognized on FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE

2005-07-24 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
jackqq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Finally, I rebuilt the kernel with a dynamic loaded ed(4) driver > (if_ed.ko), which SUCCESSFULLY recognized my NIC. Good work. There ought to be a web page with little success stories like yours, to incourage more people to look at the source. I sure hope y

Re: Holtek HT80232 NIC unrecognized on FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE

2005-07-24 Thread jackqq
Thank you! I tried setting flags and/or removing hints for ed(4) but it didn't work. I get the idea from /boot/device.hints that, perhaps not quite accurately, hints work more with ISA. But my NIC actually belongs to the PCI family. The last thing I tried before going mad saved me. :) I took a p

Re: Holtek HT80232 NIC unrecognized on FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE

2005-07-23 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
jackqq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My ethernet adapter's chip is Holtek's HT80232. It seems to be not > recognized by the GENERIC kernel or any if_*.ko module. The ed(4) manpage has a "diagnostics" section and also mentions the setting of "flags" (one of the hints) that "may be needed for some