Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:02:29 -0800 From: Flemming =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fr=F8kj=E6r?= <flemming@froekjaer.org> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "T.C. Owen" <freebsd@tcowen.com> Subject: Re: kernel config, multiple questions Message-ID: <4.1.20010328165926.01442008@sleipner.eiffel.dk> In-Reply-To: <3AC2883E.59DF3EDC@tcowen.com>
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At 07:56 PM 3/28/2001 -0500, T.C. Owen wrote: >I have freebsd 4.1 release > >my motherboard only has pci expansion slots, can I take "device eisa" >out or is it possible something still needs it? Yes. >if my computer only uses ethernet, can I take out pseudo-devices ppp, >sl, and tun? and if not, why? ppp and sl should be ok. tun is needed if you for instance would use userland ppp. I dont know how mutch else uses it. >if I take out "options INET6", do I have any reason to keep >pseudo-devices gif and faith? If you are making a VPN over ip4 then you need gif. I dont know about faith. >is "device miibus" only for when there is not a specific device for your >NIC but you know it uses mii? i.e., if I have "device xl" (an mii >ethernet NIC), do I need "device miibus" or can the code associated with >device xl handle everything? No don't take out the miibus driver if you are using any nic's that requers it. \Flemming To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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