Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 14:02:14 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: davidg@root.com Cc: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au, SimsS@Infi.Net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some recent changes to GENERIC Message-ID: <199607102102.OAA27216@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199607101554.IAA04210@root.com> from "David Greenman" at Jul 10, 96 08:54:43 am
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> >Actually, I would really like to see ed1 stay. The ed driver, in my > >opinion, is by far the most popular Ethernet driver, and having two > >interfaces available makes it very easy to rapidly do things like toss > >a second network interface in a machine, build an "emergency router", etc. > >without the downtime required to rebuild a kernel on a 386DX/40 with 8MB of > >RAM (which takes a LONG time). > > What's wrong with using -c at the Boot: prompt? Rebuilding the kernel is > certainly not necessary to get the change in an "emergency" situation. PnP support. PnP will relocate the cards on each boot (potentially), so you must boot -c each time. If, on the other hand, you have multiple interface definitions, then one of them is more likely to hit without needing a reconfig. This is kind of a lame argument, assuming we ever integrate Sutal's PnP patches. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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