Re: [Testbed-admins] network drivers in freebsd.newnode MFS?

[Chaos Golubitsky <chaos@bbn.com>]

On Mon, 17 May, 2010 at 15:29:20 -0600, Robert Ricci wrote:

> If this is *just* for the newnode MFS - the newnode MFS is just a 
> convenience - it'll help you enter some data about your nodes, where 
> they are connected to switches, etc. If you're just adding a few nodes 
> (as I suspect BBN is...) it's possible to enter this information 
> manually, and this might be less work than spending time fighting with 
> drivers.
> 
> If you are installing dozens or hundreds of machines, of course, then 
> the tradeoff is probably favors getting the MFS working.

Hmm.  I'm confused.  All of: (1) the newnode MFS, (2) the freebsd62
MFS, and (3) the FBSD62 part of the generic image, are FreeBSD
6.x-based, right?

So, if there are drivers for any of those images supporting my
cards, then it should be tractable to bring those drivers into the
newnode MFS.  And, if there aren't drivers, then circumventing the
newnode MFS isn't going to help me, because i won't be able to run
those other OSes either.

Where did i go afield there?

Thanks.

Chaos Golubitsky