Subject: Re: Add bcm 5705 (bge) support to GENERIC_LAPTOP?
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/18/2003 14:41:52
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 07:28:18PM -0800, Jonathan Stone wrote:
  | 
  | A variety of high-end laptops now include gigabit ethernet on the
  | motherboard.  How about we add if_bge and brgphy to the GENERIC_LAPTOP
  | kernel config, and (if it fits) whatever config gets used for laptop
  | installs.   And the same for if_wm?
  | 
  | Or do people just put regular "generic" kernels on these beasts?

If it's available on a laptop, especially as the onboard interface
(and where you may not have another interface available), then I'd add
it.