Re: npf pseudo-device

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

joel.bertrand%systella.fr@localhost (=?UTF-8?Q?BERTRAND_Jo=c3=abl?=) writes:

>	I'm building NetBSD 7.0.2 to upgrade my installation and I have seen 
>that npf pseudo-device was disabled in GENERIC kernel. Nevertheless, I 
>obtain a running /dev/npf device. Why ? If npf pseudo-device was 
>disabled in kernel config, I suppose that /dev/npf cannot run as expected.

The i386 and amd64 platform uses a MODULAR kernel and npf exists also
as a module. It is then loaded on demand when /dev/npf is accessed the
first time.

The modstat command will show you something like:

npf              driver     filesys    0     ffffffff812f5000 49006    -

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