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From: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>
To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org>
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Subject: Re: Driver that works only when module is loaded late,
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> > I found an Ethernet driver which works fine if you load it via kldload
> > in a running system but it does not work when loaded in loader.conf.
[...] 
> What happens if you compile it into the kernel?

That works.  Althought it seems that autonegotiation is delayed, the
"link state changed to up" message comes very late, after the final
console login is displayed.  Might be the result of my direct NIC to
NIC connection.

The rl PCI card in the same box works normally.

Martin
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