amd64/123889: Intel Gigabit Interfaces lost by Update 7.0-> STABLE

[Scot Hetzel]

The following reply was made to PR amd64/123889; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel at gmail.com>
To: "Michael Fuckner" <michael at fuckner.net>
Cc: freebsd-amd64 at freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: amd64/123889: Intel Gigabit Interfaces lost by Update 7.0-> STABLE
Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 08:02:42 -0500

 On 5/22/08, Michael Fuckner <michael at fuckner.net> wrote:
 > Scot Hetzel wrote:
 >
 > >  >
 > >  You don't need to add igb to GENERIC to get the network interface
 > >  back, just add:
 > >   if_igb_load="YES"
 > >   to /boot/loader.conf.
 > >
 > >
 >
 >  It should be written down somewhere (UPDATING?).
 >  I don't believe it is the plan to walk to the datacenter because the system
 > is not accessible after upgrading. This simply shouldn't happen!
 >
 >  And of course, this is not specific to AMD64, but all other archs as well.
 >
 It is in the 20080229 entry in the 8.0-CURRENT UPDATING file.  This
 should be MFC'd to the 7.0-STABLE UPDATING file.
 
 Scot