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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
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Subject: Re: DEVFS, the time has come...
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.990128104106.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> from Daniel O'Connor at "Jan 28, 99 10:41:06 am"
To: doconnor@gsoft.com.au (Daniel O'Connor)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:33:10 -0800 (PST)
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Daniel O'Connor writes:
> On 27-Jan-99 Archie Cobbs wrote:
> >  I agree.. and same thing goes for Ethernet drivers. I actually
> >  like the way Linux always has "eth0", "eth1", ... (which we could
> >  do using netgraph, with some work).
> Me too :)
> 
> Of course you'd have to be able to do things like 'wire down' your
> ethernet card etc.. But the idea is nice IMHO :)

That would be easy part! :-) Something like this...

  $ ngctl mkpeer ed0: eth_iface upstream downstream

-Archie

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