Trouble with "if_fxp.ko" kernel module ?

[Gary E. RAFE, Ph.D.]

Ranjit <r4nj1t at xs4all.nl> wrote:

!I ran into this myself. 
!
!From rom /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/GENERIC
!
!# PCI Ethernet NICs that use the common MII bus controller code.
!# NOTE: Be sure to keep the 'device miibus' line in order to use these
!NICs!
!device          miibus          # MII bus support
!device          bfe             # Broadcom BCM440x 10/100 Ethernet
!device          bge             # Broadcom BCM570xx Gigabit Ethernet
!device          dc              # DEC/Intel 21143 and various workalikes
!device          fxp             # Intel EtherExpress PRO/100B (82557,
!82558)
!
!It won't work without miibus.

Right... That's why I issued the commands:

	kldload miibus.ko
	kldload if_fxp.ko

to get the reported result.
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