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From: Coleman Kane <cokane@freebsd.org>
To: BSD Blood <bsdblood@hotmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: what's the number behind the driver?
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Some are legacy drivers that need space configured in the kernel for them.
Others are newer PCI devices that can auto-attach. This stuff is being
phased-out in -current.

BSD Blood had the audacity to say:
>=20
> Hello.
>    While configuring my kernel configuration file, I notice that certain=
=20
> entries have numbers after the driver and some don't. For example: -
>=20
> device  psm0
> device  da
>=20
> My questions are:-
> 1. What's the number behind the driver?
>=20
> 2. Why for some entries there are no numbers?
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