ifconfig stopped loading driver

[Kip Macy]

Has devd.conf changed? AFAICT devd is what does the actual loading for ifconfig.

 -Kip

On 3/22/07, Kevin Oberman <oberman at es.net> wrote:
> For a long time under V6 and current (and probably V5), if I issued an
> ifconfig for my Atheros card, the driver (along with the HAL and rate
> modules) would auto-load and my card would be found.
>
> Starting with my March 19 build, this no longer happens. I need to boot
> single-user and manually load the module if I will need it. I don't want
> the card to start by default since I don't want the radio on when I am
> flying.
>
> Was this a deliberate change or did something break? It is a real pain.
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