exclude device from bus probe?

[Göran Löwkrantz]

Well, I already tested this in rc.conf:

ifconfig_em0="down"

and it didn't help.

There is an new IPMI 2.66 vs. my running 2.64 that I will test but unless 
someone has any other idea, it seems like I am stuck.

/glz

--On September 18, 2012 11:49:17 +0000 jb <jb1234abcd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Göran Löwkrantz <goran.lowkrantz <at> ismobile.com> writes:
>
>>
>> Thanks for the correction but getting the hint to work didn't help at
>> all.  That removed both interfaces and thus all network connectivity.
>> And it  still didn't work with the IPMI as the remote console still
>> disappeared  when the probing started. The serial port worked up until
>> beasty.
>
> Well, there is something you could try (I have not tested it myself and
> I am not sure if this does not apply to post-boot device discovery only):
>
> devd(8), devd.conf(5), DEVFS.RULES(5)
> See examples:
> $ cat /etc/devd.conf
> ...
># An entry like this might be in a different file, but is included here
># as an example of how to override things.  Normally 'ed50' would match
># the above attach/detach stuff, but the value of 100 makes it
># hard wired to 1.2.3.4.
> attach 100 {
>       device-name "ed50";
>       action "ifconfig $device-name inet 1.2.3.4 netmask 0xffff0000";
> };
> detach 100 {
>       device-name "ed50";
> };
> ...
>
> So, just thinking loudly:
>   attach 100 {
>         device-name "em0";
>         action "??? some action e.g. ifconfig $device-name down :-) ???";
>   };
> etc.
>
> jb
>
>
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