Re: (resolved) Re: Can't locate module net-pf-4/5

Matthias Urlichs (smurf@work.smurf.noris.de)
1 Feb 1997 11:43:20 +0100


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.

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