From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Mar 1 12:32: 7 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33F3D15389 for ; Mon, 1 Mar 1999 12:29:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA00559; Mon, 1 Mar 1999 12:22:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199903012022.MAA00559@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: John Fieber Cc: Kris Zentner , Edwin Culp , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new printer driver (nlpt0) woes In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 01 Mar 1999 09:16:37 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 12:22:27 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > It used to be that I could use a port as both printer port and as > a network port without reconfiguration. Now it appears as though > I have to reconfigure, recompile and reboot to do the same? I'm > not sure that represent progress. There is work underway to address the issue without otherwise seriously degrading the interrupt performance of the system. The presence of PPP or slip in the system will normally also mask these symptoms. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message