Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:14:37 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Ronald Klop <ronald-freebsd8@klop.yi.org> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: is removable_interfaces still used? Message-ID: <20051121191437.GC11707@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <op.s0jvhv048527sy@localhost> References: <op.s0jvhv048527sy@localhost>
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--MnLPg7ZWsaic7Fhd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 06:42:57PM +0100, Ronald Klop wrote: > Hello, >=20 > I'm running 6.0-STABLE and see that the option removable_interfaces is no= t =20 > used in any config script. >=20 > /etc# grep -r removable_interfaces * > defaults/rc.conf:removable_interfaces=3D"" # Removable network =20 > interfaces for /etc/pccard_ether. >=20 > What is is the use of it now? None. I failed to remove it from /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > I can't find any use of pccard_ifconfig also. But there is no reference o= f =20 > the removal of these settings in UPDATING. pccard_ifconfig is now also gone. ifconfig_DEFAULT can be used int it's place if you really need that functionality. It is preferred to set ifconfig_<ifn> instead in most cases. > Where can I find the latest docs for the best way to config a pccard =20 > network card? In general, you should treat it just like any other interface. For wireless cards, the following article is a good summary of new features. http://www.freebsdmall.com/~loader/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/wireless/articl= e.html -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --MnLPg7ZWsaic7Fhd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDghycXY6L6fI4GtQRApU9AKCwoe9mdL2zijsapIzLNtdRUTpqCACgptYV oAaWxbC/ktdYK0RQVcPSpHQ= =m+cf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --MnLPg7ZWsaic7Fhd--
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