changing NIC

[sjha@omnipoint.com]

> Hi guys,
> 
> Sorry for asking you off topic. Its related to FreeBSD. I guess some of
> you  Unix  guru can help me out here.
> 
> I have Intel based FreeBSD 2.2.5 machine. It was 3com 509 card installed.
> Now I change it to 3Com 905. But the system didn't show the card by
> 'ifconfig -a' command.
> It should be 'vx0' for this card.
> 
> I tried to reconfigure the kernel. I guess I am not doing proper
> configuration. I also edit '/usr/src/sys/compile/MYKERNEL/config.c ' file
> and added 
> 'device ........................................... '
> irq --> 10,   io addr -> 0x300  ...
> 
> what I am doing wrong >? any idea ?
> 
> tia,
> 
> Sanjeev