strange problem with: ed driver / 4.9-PRE

[Peter Jeremy]

On 2003-Sep-16 09:19:56 +0200, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013 at student.uu.se> wrote:
>(A quick look at the source indicates that there are some other drivers
>that do not meet those assumptions either, so a proper fix should
>include changing ifconfig(8) to make fewer assumptions but such a
>change would require lots of testing to make sure it is correct.)

I've bumped into this with the vlan driver as well.  I believe the fix
is to patch ifconfig(8) so that it checks for "DEVICE" as well as
"if_DEVICE" and skips the load if either is found.  I don't believe
this change is especially risky.

Peter