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From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Why lagg(4) wants ~IFF_DRV_OACTIVE?
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On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 11:12:25AM -0800, Xin LI wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> Maybe this is a stupid question but I really don't understand why a
> interface with IFF_DRV_OACTIVE can't be added to a lagg(4) interface.
> Looking at OpenBSD code, they do this since the day 0.
> 
> Could anyone shed some light, why we need to enforce this check? :)

I think it was just carried over, I dont see any reason to keep it.


Andrew