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Date:      Fri, 15 Feb 2019 10:53:35 -0800
From:      Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
To:        Eric Joyner <erj@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problem building dev/e1000
Message-ID:  <652F1541-52DE-4744-8AEA-8EE6434E04E8@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAKdFRZjdR0%2BMEFhApLcV5me8Nt=R7F1yOoW34owQYne-T9Ehmg@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Feb 15, 2019, at 10:46, Eric Joyner <erj@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> ifdi_if.h is a system generated interface file that network drivers that depend on iflib use. It's generated from ifdi_if.m in sys/net.
> 
> My guess is that you don't have "device iflib" defined in your kernel configuration. em(4) depends on iflib in FreeBSD 12/13, and with r343617, iflib is now explicitly a module that needs to be included in your kernel config if you want to use a driver that depends on it. It's already in the GENERIC kernel for amd64; are you using a kernel config file that doesn't inherit from GENERIC?

HO Eric!

iflib was a recently added requirement on stable/12 IIRC..?

Does the manpage note this dependency, and is there an UPDATING entry for this change?

Thanks!
-Enji


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