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Date:      Sun, 24 Mar 2002 00:04:59 -0500
From:      Scott <scottro@nyc.rr.com>
To:        Troy <tdrake@myrealbox.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Kernel issues
Message-ID:  <5.1.0.14.0.20020324000324.00bb45d8@pop-server.nyc.rr.com>
In-Reply-To: <3C9D5C5B.FF48A821@myrealbox.com>

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At 22:55 2002/03/23 -0600, Troy wrote:
>I recently added another FreeBSD box to my network and I noticed I'm
>still getting some devices that aren't included in my kernel config that
>get built in anyway. This isnt the first time a machine has done this,
>but I cant figure out why. dmesg shows:
>
>config> di pcic0
>No such device: pcic0
>Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
>config> di sn0
>No such device: sn0
>Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
>config> di lnc0
>No such device: lnc0
>Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
>config> di ie0
>No such device: ie0
>Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
>config> di fe0
>No such device: fe0
>Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
>config> di ed0
>No such device: ed0
>Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
>config> di cs0
>No such device: cs0
>Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
>config> di bt0
>No such device: bt0
>Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
>config> di aic0
>No such device: aic0
>Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
>config> di aha0
>No such device: aha0
>Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
>config> di adv0
>No such device: adv0
>Invalid command or syntax.  Type `?' for help.
>config> q


Frequently, this is stuff that is in /boot/kernel.conf

I save it (not sure if I have to) for building a generic kernel after doing 
make world--to avoid error messages at other times I just do
mv /boot/kernel.conf  /boot/kernel.conf.GENERIC

HTH
Scott Robbins


>I checked the config and saw some are pcmcia, scsi, ethernet adapters,
>etc, but all are commented out, and arent enabled anywhere else that I
>can see. Any help appreciated, thanks.
>
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