On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 10:47:43PM +0800, Vincent Chen wrote: > Hi, all > > I tried to install a new intel 82550 based ethernet adapter on my freebsd 4.7. > In the first time, I don't want to recompile my kernel. So, I add the > following > line to /boot/loader.conf: > > if_fxp_load="YES" > > The driver loaded and the adapter identified as fxp0. But the system reboot > every time while I tried to run ifconfig on fxp0. Did I do anything wrong > using > loadable module?
Perhaps, if it wasn't compiled at the same time as the kernel, it might be incompatible and this will cause this kind of probblem. > Or loadable module support not stable on this release. 4.7 is very old, so I doubt anyone remembers specific problems in this release. > The second time, I compile fxp driver to my new kernel and every thing seem > work ok. This 82550 adapter has 3des support bulletin, how can I identify this > function enabled? I doubt this is supported in 4.7. Kris
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