Re: device bcm not in GENERIC

From: Duncan Barclay (dmlb_at_dmlb.org)
Date: 09/29/03

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    To: "Aeefyu" <afu-subscribed-list@aeefyu.net>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
    Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 09:58:00 +0100
    
    

    Yes, the bcm driver is not for -stable. This is a FAQ.

    Please search the mail archives for pointers to the bfe driver and patches
    to it for -stable.

    bcm is not being developed - it merged with the bfe driver before the bfe
    driver was commited.

    Also, these exist for bcm.
    http://www.mavetju.org/~edwin/bcm-4.8too.tar.gz.

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Aeefyu" <afu-subscribed-list@aeefyu.net>
    To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
    Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 8:37 AM
    Subject: device bcm not in GENERIC

    > Hi all
    >
    > Been following the development of this driver (Broadcom 4401X);
    > Kernel Compile failed because bcm is not listed in GENERIC, and a manual
    > make in sys/modules/bcm fails with:
    >
    > [root@roxanne: bcm] # make
    > Warning: Object directory not changed from original
    /usr/src/sys/modules/bcm
    > make: don't know how to make miidevs.h. Stop
    >
    > [root@roxanne: bcm] # uname -a
    > FreeBSD roxanne.webcraft99.net 4.9-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 4.9-PRERELEASE #1:
    > Mon Sep 29 14:26:21 MYT 2003
    > aeefyu@roxanne.webcraft99.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ROXANNE i386
    >
    > Or am i missing something?
    >
    > Cheers
    >
    > --
    > Feisal
    > Webcraft Solutions - http://www.webcraftsolutions.com
    > --------------------------------------
    >
    >
    >
    >

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