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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 16:16:31 +0200
From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org>
To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c
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On Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 12:58:08AM -0700, Mike Smith wrote:
> msmith      1999/09/20 00:58:08 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sbin/ifconfig        ifconfig.c 
>   Log:
>   If we don't appear to have a module loaded supporting the interface
>   we're about to operate on, try to load one.  Don't complain if the
>   load fails, and always press on regardless (there may not be a module
>   suitable or required).
>   
>   With the renaming of the PCI ethernet driver modules and the addition
>   of appropriate miibus dependancies on those modules that need it, it is
>   now no longer necessary to compile many ethernet drivers into the kernel;
>   they will be loaded on demand the first time they are ifconfig'ed.

This is COOL!

Eivind.


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