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 Message-ID: <19990920161631.Z12619@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199909200758.AAA31268@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Mike Smith on Mon, Sep 20, 1999 at 12:58:08AM -0700 References: <199909200758.AAA31268@freefall.freebsd.org>
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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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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