svn commit: r317755 - head/sbin/ifconfig

[Andrey V. Elsukov]

On 03.05.2017 22:22, Alan Somers wrote:
> The problem with the original code is that module load errors would be
> caught too late, and as a result the error printed would be less
> useful.  For example, if you forgot to put "kld_list=if_igb" in
> /etc/rc.conf and run "ifconfig igb0", it would print "ifconfig:
> interface igb7 does not exist" instead of the more useful "ifconfig:
> kldload(if_igb): Operation not permitted".  But I didn't know that
> there were drivers like mlx4en where ifconfig can't load the correct
> module.  So I'll take Ryan's suggestion and revert that part for now.

I want to note, that there is if_enc(4) kernel module, that is failed to
be loaded by ifconfig(8) due to presence in the kernel enc(4) driver
(from sys/cam).

-- 
WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov

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