kernel wants the wrong driver for my NIC

Ivailo Bonev ibb_orac at mbox.contact.bg
Fri Jun 19 18:21:32 UTC 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Gass" <mgass at unix.csbsju.edu>
To: <freebsd-stable at freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 8:24 PM
Subject: kernel wants the wrong driver for my NIC


> I'm running 7.2-stable and I replaced an old ISA NIC with 
> a D-Link DFE-530TX+  card.  According to the manual, the
> correct driver for this card is rl driver.  The kernel
> insists on using the vr driver which is for the DFE-530TX.
>>From what I can tell, the two cards have different chipsets
> and so the drivers are not compatable.

It's a NIC with Davicom chip...



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