Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 11:15:19 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c Message-ID: <19990922031519.1BA861CA7@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:06:50 %2B0900." <37E847CA.184980A0@newsguy.com>
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"Daniel C. Sobral" wrote: > 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. Also note that you'll have to explicitly list them in network_interfaces in order to force them to be loaded as the default scan won't configure them if they aren't already there... Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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