EtherExpress 16 is not probed. I made this conclusion after using `boot -v' and noting that there was no mention of 'ie' anywhere. Then I hacked the kernel (file dev/ie/if_ie.c) and added a printf to ieprobe(), at the top; also this printf was never reached. Moreover, a "strings /kernel | grep 'ie%d'" clearly showed that the object code of the ie module was linked. My conclusion is that the way ISA devices are added to a kernel has changed (now using the macro DRIVER_MODULE(?)) but dev/ie/if_ie.c was never changed with as result that all the cards with a 82586 (AT&T StarLAN 10 and EN100; 3Com 3C507; unknown NI5210; Intel EtherExpress) as are *documented* to be supported *everywhere* (GENERIC, LINT, http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install-hw.html (2.3. Supported Hardware)) etc. in fact does not work at all.
State Changed From-To: open->feedback Does this problem still occur in newer versions of FreeBSD, such as 4.3-RELEASE?
State Changed From-To: feedback->closed The problem only seems to be happening to the originator, and since he can no longer test this I'm closing this PR. If this is still a problem in newer versions of FreeBSD, a new PR should be opened.
Adding to Audit-Trail. On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 04:43:45PM +0200, Carlo Wood wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 09:27:09PM -0700, mike@FreeBSD.org wrote: > > Synopsis: EtherExpress 16 is not probed > > > > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback > > State-Changed-By: mike > > State-Changed-When: Sat Jul 21 21:26:50 PDT 2001 > > State-Changed-Why: > > > > Does this problem still occur in newer versions of FreeBSD, > > such as 4.3-RELEASE? > > > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=19499 > > Sorry, I don't use FreeBSD anymore - and I got rid of the > etherexpress as well. > > -- > Carlo Wood <carlo@alinoe.com>