Bug 27983

Summary: [PATCH] make gif fully dynamic
Product: Base System Reporter: brooks <brooks>
Component: kernAssignee: Brooks Davis <brooks>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 5.0-CURRENT   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description brooks 2001-06-09 03:20:01 UTC 
Make the gif(4) interface both loadable and demand allocatable.
Add generic ifconfig support to enable similar changes to other pseudo
devices such as lp, faith, ppp, and stf.

Fix: in /usr/src do "mkdir sys/modules/if_gif" and apply the following patch:
Comment 1 brooks 2001-06-10 05:19:02 UTC 
I've created an updated patch which corrects a return code for the ioctl
and changes to syntax for creation and deletion to the Solaris like
plumb and unplumb commands.  It also doesn't break existing scripts like
the old one did.  As before, apply with:

cd /usr/src
mkdir sys/modules/if_gif
patch < /tmp/gif.diff

The patch is online at:

http://www.one-eyed-alien.net/~brooks/FreeBSD/gif.diff

-- Brooks
Comment 2 Brooks Davis freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-06-21 21:34:24 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->brooks

Handle my own PR.
Comment 3 Brooks Davis freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2001-07-04 22:09:54 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Committed a much improved version of the patch.