Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 11:25:13 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Broken PLIP code? Message-ID: <199810071825.LAA01465@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Oct 1998 20:14:16 %2B0200." <199810071814.UAA01975@gratis.grondar.za>
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> Mike Smith wrote: > > > # ifconfig -a > > > : > > > lp0: flags=8810<POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > > > : > > > Oct 7 08:49:33 greenpeace /kernel: LP:ioctl(0xc0286938) > > > > That's SIOCGIFMEDIA, and the lp interface doesn't (yet) have switchable > > media support. The diagnostic is (should be) harmless, although the > > error return should perhaps be ENOTTY not EINVAL. > > > > Does the interface actually work? > > Yes, a couple of days ago the message was: Ok. That was an important fact you left out. We're still debating the switch to ppbus for 3.0; it's pending confirmation of reported PLIP problems, but it's good to know that it's working properly for you. > Oct 2 08:34:44 greenpeace /kernel: &RX^R > > ...but that came right before I could confirm/check. > > I was just checking that someone knew :-) Yup. Eventually the switchable media stuff could be used to select from various possible alternative protocols at the wire level. -- \\ 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-current" in the body of the message
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