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Date:      Sun, 25 Mar 2001 14:06:53 +0200
From:      Gary Jennejohn <garyj@jennejohn.org>
To:        Marc van Woerkom <van.woerkom@netcologne.de>, david@catwhisker.org
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make world stops during i4b compilation
Message-ID:  <01032514065304.00626@peedub.muc.de>
In-Reply-To: <200103242311.f2ONBC538196@oranje.my.domain>
References:  <200103242219.f2OMJ2306280@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <200103242311.f2ONBC538196@oranje.my.domain>

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On Sunday 25 March 2001 00:11, Marc van Woerkom wrote:
> > >Ok, I did an ediff against NOTES. Perhaps it was the "1" argument to
> > >
> > >    device		loop	1		#Network loopback device
> > >
> > >that was missing. I'll try again.
> >
> > Hmmm....  Seems odd.  If you get a recurrence, you might want to share a
> > diff between GENERIC and what you're using.
>
> Now it compiles.
>
> I had to put in a "device ether" line into my config to compile
> a kernel with i4b (IDSN) drivers.
>
> And this on box without ethernet card.
>
> Is this a bug or a feature?

i4b is an ethernet interface, how do you think PPP/HDLC works ? The
interface is registered with the networking stack, just like a "real"
networking card is. This make the ether device mandatory.

-- 
Gary Jennejohn garyj@jennejohn.org gj@freebsd.org

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