> On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 03:56:56PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > is there a specific reason that the following NICs are not (or shall  
> > not be) in GENERIC (at least on i386)?
> 
> No specific reason for these two:
> 
> >  - if_cxgb
> >  - if_cxgbe
> 
> But I do prefer to load them as modules (and as late as possible --
> after sysctl.conf has been processed and any nmbclusters, nmbjumboXX
> settings have taken affect).
> 
> Other than root over NFS, is there any reason to have NIC drivers in
> GENERIC?

even with root over NFS (aka diskless/dataless) you can load the nic module via
loader.conf.

> 
> Regards,
> Navdeep
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