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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Some recent changes to GENERIC
To: davidg@root.com
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 14:02:14 -0700 (MST)
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        SimsS@Infi.Net, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
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
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