Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 23:14:58 -0800 From: Scott Michel <scottm@ulfus.cs.ucla.edu> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DEVFS, the time has come... Message-ID: <199901280714.XAA10746@cs.ucla.edu> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:58:18 PST." <199901280658.WAA24316@bubba.whistle.com>
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> I think Solaris (?) requires you to do this, it's called "plumbing > your interfaces" or something (according to Julian). Solaris requires "interface plumbing" as the result of STREAMS; you have to push IP on top of the interface driver. For all intents and purposes, the device name identifies a particular driver (i.e. "le", "qe", "hme", "fa", &c). The number identifies an instance of the device which depends on probe order. [*] Fortunately, the BSD world avoided this particular form of brain damage, thank <insert deity name here>! OTOH, as ph--ked as STREAMS happens to be, it does have a certain appeal wrt dynamically building and tearing down network stacks. The AT&T model just didn't have IP in mind when it was designed. -scooter [*] I'd written a hacked version of ifconfig based on the output of 'truss' and managed to get it right in a limited way, as in ifconfig only plumbs IP on top of devices. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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