> I configured 2.1.125 _not_ to include AX25, AppleTalk, or IPX.
> Yet for some reason, when /sbin/ifconfig tries to create sockets
> of those types, the kernel spawns "modprobe net-pf-[345]".
>
> Why? Those modules are never there!
most likely, ifconfig has been compiled with support for them (strace
it and watch).
edit /etc/conf.modules, add these lines:
alias net-pf-2 off # ipv4
alias net-pf-4 off # don't auto-load ipx
alias net-pf-5 off # don't auto-load ddp
alias net-pf-10 off # don't auto-load ipv6
-cw
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