devd(8), loading, attaching …

Re: 266656 – tuning(7): with some variations from default sysctl values, 
starts of mail/thunderbird are slow, and kernel panics may occur

On 02/10/2022 23:13, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>> … in cases where if_iwlwifi is not in rc.conf(5) and if_iwlwifi.ko is 
>> loaded, …
>
> Likely devd has loaded it on PCI ID match (along with iwm(4) with it is
> an older chipset and usually iwm(4) will attach in that case but both
> drivers will be loaded).
>
> /bz 

Thanks, that's very helpful for me to visualise things.