kern/173871: process of 'ifconfig gif0 create hangs' when if_gif_load exists in /etc/loader.conf and 'device gif' exists in kernel config.

[Donald Flissinger]

>Number:         173871
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       process of 'ifconfig gif0 create hangs' when if_gif_load exists in /etc/loader.conf and 'device gif' exists in kernel config.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Nov 23 19:00:00 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Donald Flissinger
>Release:        9.0 RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD myhostname.mdomainname 9.0-RELEASE-p4 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p4 #0: Wed Nov  7 17:23:37 CET 2012     donald at myhostname.mydomainname:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SERVER  amd64
>Description:
See Synopsis and thread at http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?p=198193#post198193
>How-To-Repeat:
put if_gif_load="YES" in /boot/loader.conf and issue command 'ifconfig gif0 create' from cli.
>Fix:
Load gif as module _OR_ compile it into kernel, but not both.

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