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Date:      Fri, 11 Aug 2000 20:23:02 +0930 (CST)
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <darius@dons.net.au>
To:        Emmanuel Duros <Emmanuel.Duros@UDcast.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: module if_disc.ko - network module
Message-ID:  <XFMail.000811202302.darius@dons.net.au>
In-Reply-To: <3993D4BF.F8648EB7@UDcast.com>

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On 11-Aug-00 Emmanuel Duros wrote:
> I am using FreeBSD 3.4R.

Ahh well.. 

> I am currently investigating on how easy it is to transform a kernel network
> device driver into a dynamically loadable module.

Upgrade, and ye shall see..
At least it's in -current, and I'm fairly sure it's in 4.0 too.

Last I checked though, unloading the network interface tended to be a risky
prospect so maybe it hasn't been MFC'd yet..

---
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum


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