install: kernel config: NIC ?

[lee slaughter]

Matthew Seaman wrote:

>On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 08:33:25AM -0800, lee slaughter wrote:
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>>I'm trying to do a methodical install (for once).  4.9 from a mini CD.
>>1st thing, when we get to kernel config  menu, visual mode,
>>no network devices show up active.  In the inactive drivers section
>>i see a little list of only six.
>>
>>question 1:  this is hardly a comprehensive list, is it?
>>there's no explanation in the handbook why it is so short.
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>That configuration screen only shows ancient ISA cards that cannot
>identify themselves to the system.  Any modern NIC (either PCI or
>Cardbus) will be autodetected.  Basically you can just plough on
>reguardless with your install and all of your network interfaces
>should be picked up.
>
A note to this effect should be in handbook.

 How do you make sugs to handbook?
Or any docs?  (I've cc'd freebsd-doc on ths)

In fact it might be safe to say that if you pop the hood of your PC and 
there are _no_ ISA cards then you can skip kernel config step?

lee