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Index: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml
@@ -3732,11 +3732,27 @@
interface.</para>
<note>
- <para>In theory, either the Ethernet or wireless MAC address can
- be changed to match the other. However, some popular wireless
- interfaces lack support for overriding the MAC address. We
- therefore recommend overriding the Ethernet MAC address for this
- purpose.</para>
+ <para>In theory, either the Ethernet or wireless MAC address
+ can be changed to match the other. However, some popular
+ wireless interfaces lack support for overriding the MAC
+ address. We therefore recommend overriding the Ethernet
+ MAC address for this purpose.</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>If the driver for the wireless interface is not loaded
+ in the <literal>GENERIC</literal> or custom kernel,
+ and the computer is running &os;&nbsp;&rel121.current;,
+ load the corresponding <filename>.ko</filename> in
+ <filename>/boot/loader.conf</filename> by adding
+ <userinput><replaceable>driver</replaceable>_load="YES"</userinput>
+ to that file and rebooting. Another, better way is to
+ load the driver in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> by
+ adding it to <varname>kld_list</varname> (see
+ &man.rc.conf.5; for details) in that file and rebooting.
+ This is needed because otherwise the driver is not loaded
+ yet at the time the &man.lagg.4; interface is set
+ up.</para>
</note>
<para>In this example, the Ethernet interface,

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