From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 20 18:58:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A20A16A405 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:58:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.int.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0083343D75 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:58:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from mail.dfwlp.com (localhost.int.dfwlp.com [127.0.0.1]) by zeus.int.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3KIwHfc064410 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:58:17 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from 208.11.134.3 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jhorne) by mail.dfwlp.com with HTTP; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:58:17 -0500 (CDT) 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> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:58:17 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jonathan Horne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on zeus.int.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: how to eliminate an unused interface? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@dfwlp.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:58:30 -0000 > 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