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Date:      Sun, 18 Oct 1998 07:06:07 +0100 (MET)
From:      Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Who is using the wavelan driver ?
Message-ID:  <199810180606.HAA03339@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>

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Hi,

is there anyone using the wavelan driver in FreeBSD ?

I was trying to apply bridging patches to it but noticed the driver is
a bit weird e.g.:

 * it loads the ethernet header outside the mbuf, then plays tricks to
   put it back in for bpf use;
 * it uses a mbuf cluster to hold the packet, but then allocates more
   regular mbufs if the packet does not fit into the first one
   (i suppose you can configure the wl card to use packets larger than
   2KB...)

i need to straighten this a bit for bridging support but don't have the
card to test things, so if someone has the card and time to test the
changes please contact me.

	thanks
	luigi
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Luigi Rizzo                  |  Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
email: luigi@iet.unipi.it    |  Universita' di Pisa
tel: +39-50-568533           |  via Diotisalvi 2, 56126 PISA (Italy)
fax: +39-50-568522           |  http://www.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/
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