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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>
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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

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