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Date:      Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:09:38 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
To:        moto kawasaki <moto@kawasaki3.org>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: I'd like to axe some drivers
Message-ID:  <20141125090938.GH15721@e-new.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <20141125.105157.1187546753207512759.moto@kawasaki3.org>
References:  <201411201631.27556.jhb@freebsd.org> <20141125.105157.1187546753207512759.moto@kawasaki3.org>

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On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 10:51:57AM +0900, moto kawasaki wrote:
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> Hello,
>=20
> Thank you very much developers for giving me such a nice OS
> up-to-date.
>=20
> It sounds reasonable for me to remove old devices from GENERIC.
> But may I ask a question?
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> If removed, how can I use those device drivers ?
> Do I need to re-compile kernel ?
> Or, can I use one of them with kldload ?
> Is it automatically loaded during the boot process, with charm in
> /boot/loader.conf ?
>=20
> I personally runs fxp and dc on my home pc, so I am very curious.
>=20
> Thank you very much.
>=20
>=20
> Best Regards,
>=20

You can usually just load the kernel module with kldload(8).

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