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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 22:02:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Fri, 24 Oct 1997 Matt_Murphy@mail.amsinc.com wrote:

> 1) Why is ix0 not in the out-of-the-box v2.2.2 kernel as it seems to be in
> all previous versions of FreeBSD and is ostensibly still required for
> anyone with an Intel EtherExpress card.

Because it was moved into the ie0 driver in 2.2.2 and later.  Looking
through the kernel configs, this isn't documented, so I understand your
confusion. 

I'll look into making the appropriate changes to properly document this.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major