Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:06:50 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> 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: <37E847CA.184980A0@newsguy.com> References: <199909200758.AAA31268@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Mike Smith wrote: > > msmith 1999/09/20 00:58:08 PDT > > Modified files: > sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c > Log: ... > > 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. The network card drivers can now be removed from defaults/loader.conf, right? Mmmm... on a second thought, security level 2+ would prevent them from being loaded, right? Then there might be a case for preloading them, though this might be done at rc.local. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org "Thus, over the years my wife and I have physically diverged. While I have zoomed toward a crusty middle-age, she has instead clung doggedly to the sweet bloom of youth. Naturally I think this unfair. Yet, if it was the other way around, I confess I wouldn't be happy either." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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