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From: Oren Sarig <sarig@bezeqint.net.il>
Subject: Re: Boot process, kernel.conf, and "di" commands
To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>
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di = disable interface (or the like)

Remember when you installed, and you disabled devices in that black
screen? Remember you told installation to save the changes? Well,
these are the commands it put in the kernel.conf script to always
disable these devices. If you removed these devices from your kernel,
you can remove the appropriate lines from the file. If there are
devices there you DO want, remove them from that file too.

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Oren Sarig
sarig@bezeqint.net.il

Kevin Oberman wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to figure out a bit of how the boot process works. I've
> gotten quite a bit of information from the man pages and the handbook,
> but I still am missing something.
> 
> First, I'm running 3.4-RELEASE.
> 
> When I boot I used to get a bunch of lines on the order of:
> config> di zp0
> config> di ze0
> config> di lnc0
> config> di le0
> config> di ie0
> config> di fe0
> config> di ex0
> config> di ed0
> config> di cs0
> config> di wt0
> config> di mcd0
> config> di matcdc0
> config> q
> 
> This looks a lot like a list of NIC cards, although not all of
> the ones supported by FreeBSD. Perhaps those which need pccard
> support?
> 
> In any case, I rebuilt my kernel and commented out all of the cards I
> know I didn't have and I now get:
> config> di zp0
> No such device: zp0
> Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
> config> di ze0
> No such device: ze0
> Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
> and so on.
> 
> I found that the file kernel.conf seems to have these commands, but
> what are they? Do I need them for pccard NICs? My laptop has a Xircom
> card and I have configured it into my kernel (although I have yet to
> boot it). Do I need a "di xe0" in my kernel.conf file? Is there a man
> page for what ever program is generating the 'config> ' prompts?
> 
> Any clues appreciated.
> 
> 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
> 
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