cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/config chapter.sgml

Denis Peplin den at FreeBSD.org
Fri Jan 14 02:34:16 PST 2005


Hello!

Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 11:54:48AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>>How about?
>>
>>	Not all NIC drivers are available as modules; notable examples
>>	are ISA NICs.
>>
> 
> 
> Is it still correct?  I mean in the "current" FreeBSD versions?
> 
> I'd write something like:
> 
> The easiest way is to simply load a kernel module for your network card
> with kldload(8) (a module may not be available for all network card drivers,
> it was the case in past for some ISA cards).

:There is some other things in this para need attention:
:      <para>To use your network card, you will need to load the proper 

:        driver.
Only if it is not present in GENERIC or custom kernel.

: If your card
:        was detected at boot by your kernel :(<filename>GENERIC</filename>)
-        you do not have to build a new kernel.</para>
+        you do not have to load kerner module or build a new kernel.</para>


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