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From: "Udo Erdelhoff" <ue@nathan.ruhr.de>
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Hi,
I found a minor flaw in chapter 5.3.8 (Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel:
The Configuration File:Networking). The paragraph in question deals
with the pseudo device ether. The manual says:

"ether is only needed if you have an Ethernet card".

The problem is that a kernel without a driver for an Ethernet card
but with ether will not compile. The paragraph for ether should be
rephrased to include this piece of information. My suggestion:

pseudo-device ether
   ether includes generic Ethernet protocol code. It must be included
   if your kernel contains support for an Ethernet card. You must comment
   out ether if you have removed all Ethernet card drivers.

Diff:

*** handbook50.html	Wed Dec 20 13:13:43 1995
--- handbook50-new.html	Sat Apr 20 13:23:10 1996
***************
*** 107,109 ****
! <p><code>ether</code> is only
! needed if you have an Ethernet card and includes
! generic Ethernet protocol code.</p>
--- 107,110 ----
! <p><code>ether</code> includes generic Ethernet protocol code. It
! must be included if your kernel contains support for an Ethernet
! card. You must comment out ether if you have removed all Ethernet
! card drivers.</p>

/s/Udo
-- 
Udo Erdelhoff						ue@nathan.ruhr.de