Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 23:15:58 -0500 From: Coleman Kane <cokane@freebsd.org> To: BSD Blood <bsdblood@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what's the number behind the driver? Message-ID: <20010329231558.B23201@cokane.yi.org> In-Reply-To: <F128ESS9iuG7Z2JQHeF0000f29a@hotmail.com>; from bsdblood@hotmail.com on Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 01:41:42AM -0000 References: <F128ESS9iuG7Z2JQHeF0000f29a@hotmail.com>
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--V0207lvV8h4k8FAm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Some are legacy drivers that need space configured in the kernel for them. Others are newer PCI devices that can auto-attach. This stuff is being phased-out in -current. BSD Blood had the audacity to say: >=20 > Hello. > While configuring my kernel configuration file, I notice that certain= =20 > entries have numbers after the driver and some don't. For example: - >=20 > device psm0 > device da >=20 > My questions are:- > 1. What's the number behind the driver? >=20 > 2. Why for some entries there are no numbers? > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message >=20 --V0207lvV8h4k8FAm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6xAh+ERViMObJ880RAcxxAKDXLJFnnTUlK2eo/zf9KPP16hgmggCgx/WE Y1sFf81eWsAeN9olvQrtAfs= =Ilia -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --V0207lvV8h4k8FAm-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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