Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:52:18 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.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: <199909220352.UAA10034@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:06:50 %2B0900." <37E847CA.184980A0@newsguy.com>
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> > 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. No, Bill broke it again. Give me a couple of days to see if I can make it work right. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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