On 08/03/06, Patrick Useldinger <pu@vo.lu> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am a NetBSD newbie with a little Linux background (Slackware, 2
> years). Currenty I am trying to use an usb ethernet adapter with a
> laptop I've installed NetBSD 3 (i386) on.
>
> I have found that the axe driver supports this particular device but I
> have been unable so far to find a description on how to proceed. Do I
> have to create the device nodes (if so, which major / minor?), is a
> kernel rebuild involved, ... I have had a look at all the doc that is
> indexed on the NetBSD site but to no avail.

GENERIC_LAPTOP (-current 3.99.16 from yesterday) contains

axe*  at uhub? port ?      # ASIX AX88172 based adapters

It should "just work" - ifconfig -a should list axe0: and you could
just ifconfig it after that (or run 'dhclient axe0').

>
> Could anybody provide me with a pointer where to start? A generic
> pointer (perhaps for an USB device) will do, it doesn't have to be
> specifially about the DLINK.
>
> Regards,
> -pu
>

Chavdar