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I am trying to install a comtrol rocketport 4 isa in my freebsd 2.2.7
box.  I got the current drivers off of ftp.comtrol.com ... Their
instructions were pretty vague so it could be something they failed to
mention.
When I installed the driver using their instructions (what they had of
them) I tried to compile the kernel and I get this error.

ioconf.o : undefined symbol '_rpdriver' referenced from data segment
*** error code 1

This kernel config that I have compiled many times already before I
added the comtrol files.
Where they are the most vague is when they say to edit the files.i386
and add the rp.c .  They give no settings, kernel config does not like
just the .c file being there alone.  I used some logic and duplicated
what the other files used using the device name of rp0 .  Another area
was about major #20, fbsd has a MO scsi device listed there.. it says
that there shouldn't be anything at major 20.  I commented it out but I
don't know to put there is anything.
I know the card works fine, I had it in my nt box...then installed
slackware linux on it and used it there but I had lib problems and could
only connect at 19200 ( on a usr 33.6 sportster) which is why I am
trying freebsd.
                                Thanks!

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This probably means you have missed to edit the files.i386 file
correctly.  To the file /sys/i386/conf/files.i386, add something like

i386/isa/rp.c                   optional        rp      device-driver

This will instruct config(8) to include this file into the Makefile
iff you reference something like `rp0' in your config file.

If you still get the error, something must be wrong with rp.c.  Watch
out that file, there must be something like

struct isa_driver rpdriver = {
        rpprobe,
        rpattach,
        "rp"

Quote:};

in it.  (The actual names of the internal functions might differ, but
it needs to be named `rpdriver'.)

Quote:>   Another area
> was about major #20, fbsd has a MO scsi device listed there..

You're confusing block device #20 with raw device #20.  The latter has
been `reserved for local use' for ages in FreeBSD, and is what you're
going to use here.

Quote:>   I commented it out but I
> don't know to put there is anything.

I don't know what you mean by `I commented it out...', but in any
case, the driver needs to know its own major # (since it's going to
register itself under this number in the kernel).  There's no addional
file you need to enter this (/sys/i386/conf/majors.i386 is just a
`bookkeeping' file only so you know who's who), except you need the
major number for the mknod command in order to create your /dev
entries later.

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cheers, J"org

Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)

Thanks that fixed it.  I must have been the rp and me messing with the
majors.i386.  I changed the files.i386 to what is shown above and removed the #
in front of the 20 in the majors file.  Comtrols readme file was a little vague
about these two settings.  The only thing comtrol said to do was "add rp.c to
your /sys/i386/conf/files.i386 file".  They left the rest wide open.  I just
copied what the other lines had but I didn't know if they wanted rp or rp0 etc
etc.  I have used used linux long enough to know not to change things with out
knowing what they do..so with fbsd I am asking questions first. :) Now I can
continue setting up the ppp server.
                        Thanks again,

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System Administrator         Oliver's Law of Location
The Edge of Insanity          "Real funny Scotty, now beam down my

              "I've gone to look for my self, if I return before I get
                            back keep me here."