how to apply patches on a system that doesnot have functional network device ?

Wed Oct 21 09:53:16 PDT 2009

Saifi Khan wrote:
Hi:

Here is a situation that i'm facing on a Compaq C301TU laptop.

The NIC card (Realtek)   does not work due to driver issue.
The WLAN card (Broadcom) does not work due to driver issue.
Currently, i review the possible patch visually on an identical
laptop (running FreeBSD-8) and then type out the code on the
other laptop in sys/dev/netif/rl/if_rl.c file.
Is there a better way to apply patches on a system that doesnot
have functional network devices ?
You could transfer the sources via a USB pen drive, that's what I'd try.

cheers
 simon