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Subject: netif not started by devd?
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with latest current, but can tell when this stopped working,
the wifi dongle is recognised, ie there is a net.wlan.devices,
depending on the dongle it=E2=80=99s run0 or  rtwn0
but only if I type
	service netif start
does it become operational.

so what am I missing?

cheers,
	danny