rtsold: Note network interfaces changing index when removed/inserted

Remove reference to PCMCIA. The issue is more generic than that. Also,
it does apply to FreeBSD, so no need to hedge about some OSes. The index
won't change if no other interfaces are created after the card is
removed, so note that it may change, not will change.

Suggested by:	phk
Reviewed by:	gleb
Sponsored by:	Netflix
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Warner Losh 2021-12-14 14:54:10 -07:00
parent 91d462192d
commit 574763f1a7

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.\" $FreeBSD$
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.Dd November 12, 2021
.Dd December 15, 2021
.Dt RTSOLD 8
.Os
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.Xr rtsold 8 .
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.Sh BUGS
In some operating systems, when a PCMCIA network card is removed
and reinserted, the corresponding interface index is changed.
When a network card is removed and reinserted, the corresponding interface index
may change.
However,
.Nm
assumes such changes will not occur, and always uses the index that