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Date:      Wed, 16 Oct 1996 23:12:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        shegonee@ix.netcom.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: device.architecture
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961016231151.3139A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19961015064358.006769a0@popd.ix.netcom.com>

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On Mon, 14 Oct 1996 shegonee@ix.netcom.com wrote:

> I need to create a device special file for an ethernet card in /dev.

You don't.  Ethernet cards aren't devices, they're network interfaces.  If
you need direct access to an interface, use the bpf system.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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