Re: drivers (not?) utilising pcidevs data

[Patrick Welche <prlw1%cam.ac.uk@localhost>]

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:36:33AM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
> Depends on when you attach the device and how you load modules.
> You can make the bootloader pre-load them via /boot.cfg - or build them
> into the kernel.

Hijacking mention of /boot.cfg: I accidentally booted a test box
which had /netbsd.old but no /netbsd. My recollection is that if
/netbsd was bad, /netbsd.old would be tried instead. That didn't
appear to happen, and I needed a trip into the server room and a
hunt for a monitor etc. (My recollection may predate the existence
of /boot.cfg - did something change? The box does have a /boot.cfg
as per default.)

Cheers,

Patrick