Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 23:08:02 +0200 From: Fredrik Lindberg <fli@FreeBSD.org> To: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Network interface modules keeps re-loading Message-ID: <46462CB2.9050008@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20070512202004.GA71624@heff.fud.org.nz> References: <4645E8A2.1040408@FreeBSD.org> <20070512202004.GA71624@heff.fud.org.nz>
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Andrew Thompson wrote: > > A similar solution to this was committed in rev1.129 of ifconfig.c but > then backed out later as the module loading proved to be feature used by > quite a few people. I think an example was being able to load and > initialise an interface by just trying 'ifconfig foo0'. > > I think a different way to solve this is to add a argument to ifconfig > to suppress the module loading and then use it at the appropriate places > in rc. > Oh, I should have read the commit logs first, sorry about that. Either way, I think something should be done about it. It certainly annoyed me today before I could figure out what as going on. When somebody issues a kldunload, they shouldn't get the module re-loaded right away. Clearly people want the current behavior (although I question it myself), what would be an appropriate way to suppress loading? ifconfig -n foo0, as in no-probe/load? Fredrik
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