From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 22 17:31:45 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2325416A401; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:31:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=a322f81588bc3addd525ab40b40f3f570eb3f7d2=282=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from postal2.es.net (postal2.es.net [198.128.3.206]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06FAA13C458; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:31:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=a322f81588bc3addd525ab40b40f3f570eb3f7d2=282=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by postal2.es.net (Postal Node 2) with ESMTP (SSL) id BUB64044; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:31:44 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 46C7D45047; Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:31:44 -0700 (PDT) To: Yar Tikhiy In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:15:22 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1174584704_75625P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:31:44 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20070322173144.46C7D45047@ptavv.es.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig stopped loading driver X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:31:45 -0000 --==_Exmh_1174584704_75625P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:15:22 -0700 > From: "Kip Macy" > > On 3/22/07, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > For a long time under V6 and current (and probably V5), if I issued an > > ifconfig for my Atheros card, the driver (along with the HAL and rate > > modules) would auto-load and my card would be found. > > > > Starting with my March 19 build, this no longer happens. I need to boot > > single-user and manually load the module if I will need it. I don't want > > the card to start by default since I don't want the radio on when I am > > flying. > > > > Was this a deliberate change or did something break? It is a real pain. O.K. It is clearly a deliberate change, although I am not sure the effect is what was intended. The call to ifmaybeload(ifname) was moved inside of the if for a "create" which applies to pseudo-devices, but not "real" interfaces. As a result, the driver never gets loaded. I read the commit message, but I don't think that this is the right way to fix the problem described. (I'm not sure, what a better approach might be, though.) This breaks behavior that goes back over 7 years, having appeared in the first release of V4. I can work around it, but it's going to be a big surprise to many and it is sure a pain in the neck to me. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1174584704_75625P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFGAr2Akn3rs5h7N1ERAmwYAJ9tXwIvHsbD2JdNWJfX8DuS4Rg0sQCeJw8g R3yRF99HOIdoNZUDGk/S+QE= =u5w7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1174584704_75625P--