Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:58:17 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jonathan Horne" <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to eliminate an unused interface? Message-ID: <36816.208.11.134.3.1145559497.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <4447ACCA.2070504@barafranca.com> References: <1053.204.250.3.175.1145546659.squirrel@mail.dfwlp.com> <17479.43827.419276.680232@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4447ACCA.2070504@barafranca.com>
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> Robert Huff wrote: >> Jonathan Horne writes: >> >> >>> my box has a firewire port that is showing up as fwe0. it is not >>> being used, and i would like to eliminate this device from the >>> network configuration. (some applications try to bind to this as >>> its default interface, ex: iftop). >>> >>> how do i go about elimination, or where is that network >>> configuration for that located? >>> >> >> "/etc/rc.conf"? >> >> >> Robert Huff >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > Hello, > > Edit your kernel and remove firewire support -- it's in the last lines > of the kernel config. > _______________________________________________ so is there no other place to comment that devices configuration out? someone referred to the rc.conf file, but only my xl0 (with DHCP settings) appears there. removing firewire from the kernel would work, but then i would not beable to plug in a firewire drive down the road. i just want to eliminate the firewire networking interface support. thanks, jonathan
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