Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 11:53:40 -0400 From: "Chuck Youse" <cyouse@cybersites.com> To: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Brian Somers" <brian@Awfulhak.org> Subject: Re: Interface UP & RUNNING flags Message-ID: <004001bea78f$eca12be0$4d7b5ccf@f8m7n1>
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IFF_RUNNING indicates that "resources are allocated for this device", i.e.,
everything's ready to go.
IFF_UP provides an administrative control over the operational status of the
device.
Chuck Youse
Director of Systems
cyouse@cybersites.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 7:47 AM
Subject: Interface UP & RUNNING flags
>Hi,
>
>Can someone tell me the difference between the IFF_UP and IFF_RUNNING
>flags ?
>
>Currently, the tun pseudo-device never bothers removing the RUNNING
>flag. This can easily be fixed with
>
>Index: if_tun.c
>===================================================================
>RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/net/if_tun.c,v
>retrieving revision 1.55
>diff -u -r1.55 if_tun.c
>--- if_tun.c 1999/05/06 18:12:54 1.55
>+++ if_tun.c 1999/05/26 12:30:55
>@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@
> }
> splx(s);
> }
>+
>+ if (ifp->if_flags & IFF_RUNNING) {
>+ s = splimp();
>+ ifp->if_flags &= ~IFF_RUNNING;
>+ splx(s);
>+ }
>+
> funsetown(tp->tun_sigio);
> selwakeup(&tp->tun_rsel);
>
>
>But is this the right fix ? Should IFF_RUNNING be removed with the
>last address - for *all* interfaces ?
>
>Cheers.
>--
>Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org>
> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@OpenBSD.org>
>Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@uk.FreeBSD.org>
>
>
>
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