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

Wed Oct 21 09:59:57 PDT 2009

On Wed, October 21, 2009 12:34 pm, 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 ?

If you have a USB memory stick, that would at least save you the retyping.