From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 18 10:40:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EE1216A409 for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 10:40:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FAC343D5D for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 10:40:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (bapqbq@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4IAebJC005264 for ; Thu, 18 May 2006 12:40:42 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k4IAebGx005263; Thu, 18 May 2006 12:40:37 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:40:37 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200605181040.k4IAebGx005263@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <1147907732.446bae948147c@webmail.telus.net> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-net User-Agent: tin/1.8.0-20051224 ("Ronay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 18 May 2006 12:40:42 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: disable kernel driver at boot? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 10:40:50 -0000 sfp wrote: > > > As I said, that's simple: Remove the driver from your > > kernel configuration, then recompile the kernel. Easy. > > True. That should have read, suppress from the loader. As stated several times, you cannot "unload" a driver which is compiled statically into the kernel. If you're afraid of compiling your own kernel, I suggest you have a look at the appropriate chapter in the Handbook. It is quite easy. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "When your hammer is C++, everything begins to look like a thumb." -- Steve Haflich, in comp.lang.c++