Odd message sequence at boot

Probably not significant, but I am seeing an odd message at boot:
iwlwifi0: successfully loaded firmware image 'iwlwifi-so-a0-gf-a0.pnvm'
iwlwifi0: loaded PNVM version 881c99e1
iwlwifi0: Detected RF GF, rfid=0x2010d000
ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2: Device not configured
lo0: link state changed to UP
iwlwifi0: base HW address: 70:a8:d3:df:3c:de
Starting Network: lo0 em0.
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384

Clearly, the messages are mis-ordered due to buffering, but I see the
"Device not configured" message at every boot. IT seems to have no impact,
but it smells a bit like some sort of race and, just possibly, is related
to the crashes.
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Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
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