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Subject: Re: Odd messages at startup after deleting device drivers
Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 09:29:55 +0100
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Does this mean that the specifications for these devices in the /sys/i386
configuration file are redundant, or what?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>; "Jim Conner"
<jconner@enterit.com>
Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 03:41
Subject: Re: Odd messages at startup after deleting device drivers


> Some network cards, such as those using the 'ed' driver, have IRQ, port and
> memory addresses specified in the kernel configuration file.  If you should
> happen to replace a failed card with a replacement, that has different
> settings, you can just edit a few lines in /boot/kernel.conf rather than
> rebuilding the entire kernel with the new settings.
>
> --
> Matt Emmerton
>
>


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