is removable_interfaces still used?

[Brooks Davis]

On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 06:42:57PM +0100, Ronald Klop wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm running 6.0-STABLE and see that the option removable_interfaces is not  
> used in any config script.
> 
> /etc# grep -r removable_interfaces *
> defaults/rc.conf:removable_interfaces=""        # Removable network  
> interfaces for /etc/pccard_ether.
> 
> 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 of  
> 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  
> 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/article.html

-- Brooks

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