Re: dis/advantages of compiling in-kernel over kldload

On 12 Jul 2023, at 19:58, void <void@f-m.fm> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 11:53:32AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
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>> Yes. pf_enable=YES will load it as a side effect when it configures
>> pf, but isn't primarily to load it as a module. But if it's in the kernel,
>> you still need to configure pf on boot (or some time later).
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> But if pf is already configured in /etc/pf.conf, is pf_enable=YES still
> required in /etc/rc.conf ?

Yes. The rc.conf setting is needed for /etc/rc.d/pf, which is the
command script responsible for bringing pf up (or down).

-Dimitry