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From: "J.D.Coleman" <J.D.Coleman@ncl.ac.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD and Ethernet NO GO!
Date: 20 May 1997 13:28:09 GMT
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Stephane Lajeunesse (slajeunesse@sympatico.ca) wrote:
: I'm trying to get my SMC card working.  In the INSTALL file, it says
: that the kernel (both install kernels) support the SMC.  Problem, when I
: do anything like:
: 
: ifconfig ed2 .....
: 
: It comes back with Device not configured.  I looked at /dev and there is
: no ed?  Looked at MAKEDEV, no ed?
: 
: Can someone tell me what are the major and minor for the ethernet
: cards?  Kind of weird that MAKEDEV doesn't do them...
: 
: BTW, using netBSD 1.1 (yeah, a bit old but working, almost.).

The card drivers don't go through /dev.  What does the machine say when
it boots?  You should get a messages about the ethernet card if it is
found.  'dmesg' will show you the bootup message, so you don't have to
scribble it down as it whizzes past.

Particular card configurations are recognised by the kernel as ed0, ed1 and
ed2.  Is your card configured to be one of these?  The configurations are
in the kernel configuration file and in the install documentation.

J