Roger Schreiter <ro...@planinternet.de> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I did not yet understand very well, how the NIC drivers are
> selected. Is it done while installing OpenBSD or is it
> done at boot?
>
> In the latter case, I assume, I can replace a PCI network
> interface without changing any driver settings.

NIC drivers are all in a GENERIC kernel, I think. So, if you are running
a GENERIC, you don't have to change many driver settings.

>
> If the logical interface name will be different, I maybe
> will have to rename hostname.vge0 to hostname.XX0 or similar.

true.

>
> Or are there much more changes necessary, when replacing a
> MikroTik NIC by an Intel one? System in OpenBSD-4.5
>

If you write your interface name at somewhere else, you have to change
them accordingly, I guess.

>
> Regards,
> Roger.
>
>
>

regards.

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