Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 17:04:13 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> Cc: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org>, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org>, Ryan Stone <rysto32@gmail.com>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r317755 - head/sbin/ifconfig Message-ID: <CANCZdfq7SKWaL-oe8gAC4vGCqNd3WYrZZC=OR1c2ak4N9dEyKA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f14034e8-f497-5aed-a864-350bd1ae6844@yandex.ru> References: <201705031721.v43HL2vS071819@repo.freebsd.org> <CAFMmRNyHc7qgeidDTZss%2Bo=56Uc-Xgyu_voj4ybHt=mEJa6c%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <CAFMmRNyUXZz==Xdh8fqbw7BqYCHig%2BXAEOj1dxcJ2p0H6_qWeA@mail.gmail.com> <1493838199.80042.14.camel@freebsd.org> <CAOtMX2irVPoGYHB0pNmWYNdc7-G7R4XTXexz77hsaurUCefm2A@mail.gmail.com> <f14034e8-f497-5aed-a864-350bd1ae6844@yandex.ru>
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On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Andrey V. Elsukov <bu7cher@yandex.ru> wrote: > On 03.05.2017 22:22, Alan Somers wrote: >> The problem with the original code is that module load errors would be >> caught too late, and as a result the error printed would be less >> useful. For example, if you forgot to put "kld_list=if_igb" in >> /etc/rc.conf and run "ifconfig igb0", it would print "ifconfig: >> interface igb7 does not exist" instead of the more useful "ifconfig: >> kldload(if_igb): Operation not permitted". But I didn't know that >> there were drivers like mlx4en where ifconfig can't load the correct >> module. So I'll take Ryan's suggestion and revert that part for now. > > I want to note, that there is if_enc(4) kernel module, that is failed to > be loaded by ifconfig(8) due to presence in the kernel enc(4) driver > (from sys/cam). There shouldn't be two drivers with the same name. That's a bug, but it's been like this for 4 years... Warner
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