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From: Tony Griffiths <tonyg@OntheNet.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem building system kernel using FreeBSD 2.1
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 11:22:33 +1000
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Paul Kersey wrote:
> 
>   Hi folks,
>  Last night I put a network card (Digital DE205-AC) in my computer
> thats running FreeBSD 2.1.  I edited the system kernel to recognize
> the new network card.  I ran though the "config" cammand without
> errors.  But after starting the "make" command on the kernel I get
> the following error message:
> 
> loading kernel
> if_le.o: Undefined symbol `_ether_sprintf' referenced from text segment
> 
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Stop
> 
> I was able to compile a system kernel before wihtout the network card.

At the bottom of your system config file, do you have the entry-

pseudo-device	ether

This line is necessary to include the 'generic' Ethernet subroutines
which are used by the specific NIC drivers!

Tony