On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 03:08:24PM +0200, Sten Daniel Sørsdal wrote:
> I am installing NetBSD 2.0.2 (amd64) on an Abit AV8 motherboard with
> AMD64 CPU. I am having difficulty getting NetBSD to identify the onboard
>  NIC. I believe NetBSD's vge driver should support this (correct?) but
> it could be a chip revision or similar that throws the detection off?
> Do i need to load a kernel module?
> 
> Any clues, hints or tips welcome.
> 
> 
> 
> --- Serial boot copy ----------------------------------------------
> 
> >> NetBSD/amd64 BIOS Boot, Revision 3.1
> >> (jmc@faith.netbsd.org, Tue Mar 22 04:29:40 UTC 2005)
> >> Memory: 636/523200 k
> Press return to boot now, any other key for boot menu
> booting hd0a:netbsd - starting in 0
> 5853584+638968+594088 [443136+266195]=0x870738
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> 
> NetBSD 2.0.2 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Mar 22 04:58:56 UTC 2005

the vge driver isn't part of NetBSD 2.0.2 (nor 2_STABLE). It is in 3.0_BETA,
though.

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