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On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Brooks Davis wrote:

BD>All are within other code.  One example is in dev/mii/brgphy.c which a
BD>phy feature is not enabled when it is attached to some MACs.  A messier
BD>example is in the new ATM code where interfaces are looked up by name.

Where is this?

harti

BD>In all cases, usage is limited to a narrow set of code, but it's not
BD>generally in the driver itself (in those cases, the softc is often
BD>already used, say to hold the unit).
BD>
BD>-- Brooks
BD>
BD>

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harti brandt,
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