Re: kern/59601: ifconfig -C does not list wg until wg* is once created

["Michael van Elst via gnats" <gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/59601; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: kern/59601: ifconfig -C does not list wg until wg* is once created
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2025 06:13:02 -0000 (UTC)

 isaki%pastel-flower.jp@localhost writes:
 
 >ifconfig -C does not list wg until wg* is once created.
 
 >/etc/rc.d/network invokes /etc/ifconfig.* by using list of "ifconfig -C".
 >Therefore, wg0 interface was not created at boot time even though I had
 >wrote /etc/ifconfig.wg0 file.
 
 
 The wg driver is probably loaded as a module and 'ifconfig' can only
 enumerate it when the module is loaded.
 
 This happens when you create a wg interface, but also when you
 just load the module, by adding 'if_wg' to /etc/modules.conf.