I must be dummy

Thu May 8 04:49:48 PDT 2003

Well, I'm in Windows now. No pun intended, but I trust better $ill Gates'
Control Panel, than any other OS hardware information tool.

The Handbook and everybody makes feel it is such a simple straightforward
procedure to build our kernel, that I feel a real dummy. I first post what I
have done so far, and then my questions to you.

Kernel:

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#
# GENERIC -- Generic kernel configuration file for FreeBSD/i386
#
# For more information on this file, please read the handbook section on
# Kernel Configuration Files:
#
#
http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig-confi
g.html
#
# The handbook is also available locally in /usr/share/doc/handbook
# if you've installed the doc distribution, otherwise always see the
# FreeBSD World Wide Web server (http://www.FreeBSD.org/) for the
# latest information.
#
# An exhaustive list of options and more detailed explanations of the
# device lines is also present in the ./LINT configuration file. If you are
# in doubt as to the purpose or necessity of a line, check first in LINT.
#
# $FreeBSD: src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC,v 1.246.2.51.2.2 2003/03/25 23:35:15
jhb Exp $

machine  i386
#cpu  I386_CPU
#cpu  I486_CPU
#cpu  I586_CPU
cpu  I686_CPU
ident  GENERIC
maxusers 10

#makeoptions DEBUG=-g  #Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols

options  MATH_EMULATE  #Support for x87 emulation
options  INET   #InterNETworking
options  INET6   #IPv6 communications protocols
options  FFS   #Berkeley Fast Filesystem
options  FFS_ROOT  #FFS usable as root device [keep this!]
options  SOFTUPDATES  #Enable FFS soft updates support
options  UFS_DIRHASH  #Improve performance on big directories
options  MFS   #Memory Filesystem
options  MD_ROOT   #MD is a potential root device
options  NFS   #Network Filesystem
options  NFS_ROOT  #NFS usable as root device, NFS required
options  MSDOSFS   #MSDOS Filesystem
options  CD9660   #ISO 9660 Filesystem
options  CD9660_ROOT  #CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required
options  PROCFS   #Process filesystem
options  COMPAT_43  #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!]
options  SCSI_DELAY=15000 #Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
options  UCONSOLE  #Allow users to grab the console
options  USERCONFIG  #boot -c editor
options  VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor
options  KTRACE   #ktrace(1) support
options  SYSVSHM   #SYSV-style shared memory
options  SYSVMSG   #SYSV-style message queues
options  SYSVSEM   #SYSV-style semaphores
options  P1003_1B  #Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions
options  _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING
options  ICMP_BANDLIM  #Rate limit bad replies
options  KBD_INSTALL_CDEV # install a CDEV entry in /dev
options  AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug
     # output.  Adds ~128k to driver.
options  AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT # Print register bitfields in debug
     # output.  Adds ~215k to driver.

# To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed
#options  SMP   # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
#options  APIC_IO   # Symmetric (APIC) I/O

# To support HyperThreading, HTT is needed in addition to SMP and APIC_IO
#options  HTT   # HyperThreading Technology

device  isa
device  eisa
device  pci

# Floppy drives
#device  fdc0 at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2
device  fd0 at fdc0 drive 0
#device  fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
#
# If you have a Toshiba Libretto with its Y-E Data PCMCIA floppy,
# don't use the above line for fdc0 but the following one:
#device  fdc0

# ATA and ATAPI devices
device  ata0 at isa? port IO_WD1 irq 14
device  ata1 at isa? port IO_WD2 irq 15
device  ata
device  atadisk   # ATA disk drives
device  atapicd   # ATAPI CDROM drives
device  atapifd   # ATAPI floppy drives
#device  atapist   # ATAPI tape drives
#options  ATA_STATIC_ID  #Static device numbering

# SCSI Controllers
#device  ahb  # EISA AHA1742 family
#device  ahc  # AHA2940 and onboard AIC7xxx devices
#device  ahd  # AHA39320/29320 and onboard AIC79xx devices
#device  amd  # AMD 53C974 (Tekram DC-390(T))
#device  isp  # Qlogic family
#device  mpt  # LSI-Logic MPT/Fusion
device  ncr  # NCR/Symbios Logic
device  sym  # NCR/Symbios Logic (newer chipsets)
options  SYM_SETUP_LP_PROBE_MAP=0x40
    # Allow ncr to attach legacy NCR devices when
    # both sym and ncr are configured

#device  adv0 at isa?
#device  adw
#device  bt0 at isa?
#device  aha0 at isa?
#device  aic0 at isa?

device  ncv  # NCR 53C500
#device  nsp  # Workbit Ninja SCSI-3
#device  stg  # TMC 18C30/18C50

# SCSI peripherals
device  scbus  # SCSI bus (required)
#device  da  # Direct Access (disks)
#device  sa  # Sequential Access (tape etc)
device  cd  # CD
#device  pass  # Passthrough device (direct SCSI access)

# RAID controllers interfaced to the SCSI subsystem
#device  asr  # DPT SmartRAID V, VI and Adaptec SCSI RAID
#device  dpt  # DPT Smartcache - See LINT for options!
#device  iir  # Intel Integrated RAID
#device  mly  # Mylex AcceleRAID/eXtremeRAID
#device  ciss  # Compaq SmartRAID 5* series

# RAID controllers
#device  aac  # Adaptec FSA RAID, Dell PERC2/PERC3
#device  aacp  # SCSI passthrough for aac (requires CAM)
#device  ida  # Compaq Smart RAID
#device  amr  # AMI MegaRAID
#device  mlx  # Mylex DAC960 family
#device  twe  # 3ware Escalade

# atkbdc0 controls both the keyboard and the PS/2 mouse
device  atkbdc0 at isa? port IO_KBD
device  atkbd0 at atkbdc? irq 1 flags 0x1
device  psm0 at atkbdc? irq 12

device  vga0 at isa?

# splash screen/screen saver
pseudo-device splash

# syscons is the default console driver, resembling an SCO console
#device  sc0 at isa? flags 0x100
device            pci1        # NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 64/64 pro (Ultra Vanta)

# Enable this and PCVT_FREEBSD for pcvt vt220 compatible console driver
device  vt0 at isa?
options  XSERVER   # support for X server on a vt console
options  FAT_CURSOR  # start with block cursor
# If you have a ThinkPAD, uncomment this along with the rest of the PCVT
lines
#options  PCVT_SCANSET=2  # IBM keyboards are non-std

device  agp  # support several AGP chipsets

# Floating point support - do not disable.
device  npx0 at nexus? port IO_NPX irq 13

# Power management support (see LINT for more options)
device  apm0 at nexus? disable flags 0x20 # Advanced Power Management

# PCCARD (PCMCIA) support
#device  card
#device  pcic0 at isa? irq 0 port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd0000
#device  pcic1 at isa? irq 0 port 0x3e2 iomem 0xd4000 disable

# Serial (COM) ports
device  sio0 at isa? port IO_COM1 flags 0x10 irq 4
device  sio1 at isa? port IO_COM2 irq 3
device  sio2 at isa? disable port IO_COM3 irq 5
device  sio3 at isa? disable port IO_COM4 irq 9

# Parallel port
device  ppc0 at isa? irq 7
device  ppbus  # Parallel port bus (required)
device  lpt  # Printer
device  plip  # TCP/IP over parallel
device  ppi  # Parallel port interface device
#device  vpo  # Requires scbus and da

# PCI Ethernet NICs.
#device  de  # DEC/Intel DC21x4x (``Tulip'')
#device  em  # Intel PRO/1000 adapter Gigabit Ethernet Card (``Wiseman'')
device            fxp0        # Intel PRO/100 VE Network Connection
#device  txp  # 3Com 3cR990 (``Typhoon'')
#device  vx  # 3Com 3c590, 3c595 (``Vortex'')

# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these NICs!
#device  miibus  # MII bus support
#device  dc  # DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
#device  fxp  # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557, 82558)
#device  pcn  # AMD Am79C97x PCI 10/100 NICs
#device  rl  # RealTek 8129/8139
#device  sf  # Adaptec AIC-6915 (``Starfire'')
#device  sis  # Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900/SiS 7016
#device  ste  # Sundance ST201 (D-Link DFE-550TX)
#device  tl  # Texas Instruments ThunderLAN
#device  tx  # SMC EtherPower II (83c170 ``EPIC'')
#device  vr  # VIA Rhine, Rhine II
#device  wb  # Winbond W89C840F
#device  xl  # 3Com 3c90x (``Boomerang'', ``Cyclone'')
#device  bge  # Broadcom BCM570x (``Tigon III'')

# ISA Ethernet NICs.
# 'device ed' requires 'device miibus'
#device  ed0 at isa? disable port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000
#device  ex
#device  ep
#device  fe0 at isa? disable port 0x300
# Xircom Ethernet
#device  xe
# PRISM I IEEE 802.11b wireless NIC.
#device  awi
# WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 wireless NICs. Note: the WaveLAN/IEEE really
# exists only as a PCMCIA device, so there is no ISA attachment needed
# and resources will always be dynamically assigned by the pccard code.
device  wi
# Aironet 4500/4800 802.11 wireless NICs. Note: the declaration below will
# work for PCMCIA and PCI cards, as well as ISA cards set to ISA PnP
# mode (the factory default). If you set the switches on your ISA
# card for a manually chosen I/O address and IRQ, you must specify
# those parameters here.
#device  an
# The probe order of these is presently determined by i386/isa/isa_compat.c.
#device  ie0 at isa? disable port 0x300 irq 10 iomem 0xd0000
#device  le0 at isa? disable port 0x300 irq 5 iomem 0xd0000
#device  lnc0 at isa? disable port 0x280 irq 10 drq 0
#device  cs0 at isa? disable port 0x300
#device  sn0 at isa? disable port 0x300 irq 10

# Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocate.
pseudo-device loop  # Network loopback
pseudo-device ether  # Ethernet support
#pseudo-device sl 1 # Kernel SLIP
pseudo-device ppp 1 # Kernel PPP
pseudo-device tun  # Packet tunnel.
pseudo-device pty  # Pseudo-ttys (telnet etc)
pseudo-device md  # Memory "disks"
pseudo-device gif  # IPv6 and IPv4 tunneling
pseudo-device faith 1 # IPv6-to-IPv4 relaying (translation)

# The `bpf' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
pseudo-device bpf  #Berkeley packet filter

# USB support
device  uhci  # UHCI PCI->USB interface
device  ohci  # OHCI PCI->USB interface
device  usb  # USB Bus (required)
device  ugen  # Generic
device  uhid  # "Human Interface Devices"
#device  ukbd  # Keyboard
device  ulpt0  # hp DeskJet 845c
#device  umass  # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da
#device  ums  # Mouse
device  uscanner # Scanners
#device  urio  # Diamond Rio MP3 Player
# USB Ethernet, requires mii
device  aue  # ADMtek USB ethernet
device  cue  # CATC USB ethernet
device  kue  # Kawasaki LSI USB ethernet

############################################

I just added three entries:

1.- device            fxp0        # Intel PRO/100 VE Network Connection

2.- device  ulpt0  # hp DeskJet 845c

3.- device            pci1        # NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 64/64 pro (Ultra
Vanta).

Now, the first think I have difficulties with is with the right
identification (the "code"? name) of the device. I have found nowhere that
my mouse is fd0, but for Shantanu, who wrote to me. In the entry 3 above,
"pci1" sounds to me, like socket PCI 1, not the identification of my device.
But on dmesg.boot, the card is just spotted like that. Also, in parenthesis
is how the card is detected, and how I wote it is how really the card is. I
have looked where to find those codes and I have had no success.

There are three things that remain to be configured.

1.- Sound card. It is a "Sound Max Integrated Digital Audio". This
configuration strikes me as not simply an entry like the rest, because
handles: a) Digital Audio, b) MIDI Devices, and c) Mixer Devices. There is
also a Modem Wave Driver. And this and the Video card are bundled somehow to
provide game controllers.

2.- An OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Firewire Port.

3.- An External dial-up USB modem. It's and Aztech UM9800-U. Drivers are
provided for UNIX and Linux.

I appreciate in advance the help you can spare.

Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial

Who ate my sandwich?