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To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if.c if_ethersubr.c if_var.h 
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Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 14:21:43 -0600
From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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In message <200007011627.JAA05559@bubba.whistle.com> Archie Cobbs writes:
: The problem is that the interfaces are not very object oriented
: (with respect to type), combined with the dynamically loadable code.
: As an example of the former, all ethernet drivers call if_attach()
: and ether_attach() when connecting, but only if_detach() when
: disconnecting. Perhaps they should all only call ether_attach()
: and ether_detach().

It should call both.  I thought that pccards all did this, but maybe
I'm mistaken.

Warner


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