ports/sysutils/kldpatch/pkg-descr, branch pkg-install-eol FreeBSD ports tree https://cgit-dev.freebsd.org/ports/atom?h=pkg-install-eol 2009-01-12T22:56:28Z The kldpatch utility can print or alter the content of device/quirk tables 2009-01-12T22:56:28Z Luigi Rizzo luigi@FreeBSD.org 2009-01-12T22:56:28Z urn:sha1:be8ff57cd20cf986c58ca8da022364ec51f57efd in kernel modules. These tables are generally used to identify devices, and possibly apply specific quirks to enable/disable certain features. Kldpatch is especially useful to let the kernel recognise a new device without rebooting and rebuilding/reinstalling kernel or modules. WWW: http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/FreeBSD/ Note - this may be worth importing in the base system, however we still need it as a port for older OS releases.