Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Matthias Urlichs) | Subject | Re: (resolved) Re: Can't locate module net-pf-4/5 | Date | 1 Feb 1997 11:43:20 +0100 |
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In linux.dev.kernel, article <87vi8gwj6z.fsf@Celine.via.ecp.fr>, Regis Duchesne <hpreg@celine.via.ecp.fr> writes: > > > > alias net-pf-4 off # Comment out IPX > > alias net-pf-5 off # Comment out Appletalk > As you said, it's just a workaround. > > The mini-kerneld howto states that ifconfig is buggy and asks kerneld > to load net-pf-4 even if you don't need it. If it is true, is anyone > working on a real fix for ifconfig? > If you _know_ you never need IPX, recompile ifconfig and configure it to not support IPX.
Very easy. However, I'd rather have universal binaries and tell kerneld that I don't want IPX. -- Matthias Urlichs \ noris network GmbH / Xlink-POP Nürnberg Schleiermacherstraße 12 \ Linux+Internet / EMail: urlichs@noris.de 90491 Nürnberg (Germany) \ Consulting+Programming+Networking+etc'ing PGP: 1024/4F578875 1B 89 E2 1C 43 EA 80 44 15 D2 29 CF C6 C7 E0 DE Click <A HREF="http://info.noris.de/~smurf/finger">here</A>. 42
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