devd(8), loading, attaching …

[Graham Perrin]

Re: 266656 – tuning(7): with some variations from default sysctl values, starts of mail/thunderbird are slow, and kernel panics may occur

On 02/10/2022 23:13, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:

… in cases where if_iwlwifi is not in rc.conf(5) and if_iwlwifi.ko is loaded, …

Likely devd has loaded it on PCI ID match (along with iwm(4) with it is
an older chipset and usually iwm(4) will attach in that case but both
drivers will be loaded).

/bz

Thanks, that's very helpful for me to visualise things.

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