On Sun, 17 Aug 1997, Dale Thomas Harrison wrote:
> Quick question:
>
> Does anybody know why theres a noticable pause when running ifconfig?
> Running Debian 1.2, theres a pause of [at a guess] a second or so
> before the devices are listed. I've never noticed this delay on any
> other Linux or Unix system..
>
> Any takers? :)
kerneld is loading (or trying to) the modules for ipx, ax25, and
appletalk when you run ifconfig.
you can stop this from happenenign by editing /etc/conf.modules and make
sure that net-pf-[345] are turned off like so:
alias net-pf-3 off
alias net-pf-4 off
alias net-pf-5 off
If you need any of these networking modules, then list then in
/etc/modules so that they are loaded at boot time.
btw, it is also a good idea to load the 'serial' module by listing it
in /etc/modules - this stops kerneld from unloading it automatically
when the serial ports haven't been used for a while...which can lose the
serial port configuration done by /etc/rc.boot/0setserial. I think that
the latest debian version of 0setserial loads the serial module itself
if it isn't already loaded, so this may not be necessary any more.
craig
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