Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 00:36:12 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Odd messages at startup after deleting device drivers Message-ID: <05c501c17477$a3498840$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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I got bold yesterday and went into my custom kernel configuration and commented out all the devices that I don't have and don't think I'll be needed soon. Everything went find and the machine came back up (somewhat more quickly now!) after a reboot. However, I see the following messages during the boot: config> di sio1 No such device: sio1 Invalid command or syntax. Type `?' for help. config> di sio0 No such device: sio0 Invalid command or syntax. Type `?' for help. config> di sn0 No such device: sn0 Invalid command or syntax. Type `?' for help. config> di lnc0 No such device: lnc0 Invalid command or syntax. Type `?' for help. config> di ie0 No such device: ie0 Invalid command or syntax. Type `?' for help. config> di fe0 No such device: fe0 Invalid command or syntax. Type `?' for help. config> di cs0 No such device: cs0 Invalid command or syntax. Type `?' for help. config> di bt0 config> di aic0 config> di aha0 config> di adv0 config> q Who generates these messages, and what do they mean? The first two ports are serial ports; I commented them out because I have nothing attached to the serial ports. Should I have left them in? I assume that "disable" on the device directive means "disable this device," but does it also remove the overhead of the driver? Maybe the system is probing or being probed by the serial ports even though they are not used (?). There is no modem card in the machine. What are lnc0, ie0, fe0, and cs0? They were in the NIC section, so I thought (from the comments) that they were wireless NICs. Apparently they are something else. What do they do? Also, what are the other config commmands or messages doing? They didn't generate any error messages, but I don't recall seeing them on startup before (unless I just missed them). I wasn't sure if I could comment them out, as they appear to be generic SCSI controllers or something. I commented out the SCSI controllers that I knew I did not have, leaving only an EISA AHA1742 family (because I wasn't sure if it applied to me) and a AHA2940 family (because I'm pretty sure it _does_ apply to me--my one and only SCSI adapter is an Adaptec 2930). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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