Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:15:22 -0700 From: "Kip Macy" <kip.macy@gmail.com> To: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig stopped loading driver Message-ID: <b1fa29170703220915q7d9f1950pa151ffeaf3c2fb05@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070322153039.D668645048@ptavv.es.net> References: <20070322153039.D668645048@ptavv.es.net>
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Has devd.conf changed? AFAICT devd is what does the actual loading for ifconfig. -Kip On 3/22/07, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> wrote: > For a long time under V6 and current (and probably V5), if I issued an > ifconfig for my Atheros card, the driver (along with the HAL and rate > modules) would auto-load and my card would be found. > > Starting with my March 19 build, this no longer happens. I need to boot > single-user and manually load the module if I will need it. I don't want > the card to start by default since I don't want the radio on when I am > flying. > > Was this a deliberate change or did something break? It is a real pain. > -- > 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 > Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 > >
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