NetBSD 5.1 AMD64 not recognize ethernet card

[patricio retamales <patricioretamales1%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hi, sorry for the delay. This is a PR number: kern/44923.

Thanks.


2011/4/24 Julio Merino <jmmv%netbsd.org@localhost>

> On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 1:38 PM, patricio retamales
> <patricioretamales1%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have a laptop Acer Aspire 5738 and I installed NetBSD 5.1 AMD64, but
> > ethernet card is not recognized.
> > I have recompiled the kernel with this options
> >
> > options     PCI_INTR_FIXUP        # PCI interrupt routing via ACPI
> > options    PCI_BUS_FIXUP        # fixup PCI bus numbering
> > options    PCI_ADDR_FIXUP        # fixup PCI I/O addresses
> >
> > but still the ethernet card is not recognized.
> >
> > Ethernet card and wifi is recognized in NetBSD current, but I can't use
> > NetBSD current because I use NetBSD for the work.
> >
> > Any suggestion?
>
> Could you provide some more details on which card this is?  I.e. what
> hardware it is if you know it and, specially:
>
> 1) What messages the -current kernel prints when it detects the card.
> 2) The output of "pcictl /dev/pci0 list" and "pcictl /dev/pci0 list
> -n" (for pci0, pci1, etc.).
>
> It's possible that 5.1 just lacks a hardware identifier match for your
> card in an existing driver, in which case the fix is trivial, or it
> could be that 5.1 lacks the driver altogether...  In any case, you
> should file a PR in the kern category asking for a pull up to the
> netbsd-5 branch.  Feel free to reply to this thread with the PR number
> once you have one.
>
> --
> Julio Merino / @jmmv