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Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 14:13:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>
To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org>
cc: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>,
        "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freefall.freebsd.org>, fredriks@mcs.com,
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Subject: Re: i386/631 
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On Mon, 27 May 1996, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:

> >On Mon, 27 May 1996, Bill Fenner wrote:
> >
> >> In message <199605262339.QAA11265@freefall.freebsd.org> you write:
> >> >Synopsis: if_ix does not support bpf, nor does it appear to support MC.
> >> 
> >> Nobody appears to know how to put this card into promiscuous mode, nor
> >> how to configure its multicast filters.  I tried to argued that bpf is
> >> useful without promiscuous mode, but was overruled.
> >>
> >	Can we close it then?  Its been there for almost a year now...
> >if someone *really* misses it, they can always submit a new PR...?
> >
> >Marc G. Fournier                                  scrappy@ki.net
> >Systems Administrator @ ki.net               scrappy@freebsd.org
> 
> We need at least one PR that documents the tendency for the if_ix driver
> to wedge when receiving large packets.  Someone needs to get the specs
> for these cards and do a full review of the driver.  It may be beneficial
> to look at the NetBSD driver to see if they have fixed any of these problems.
>
	Okay, but unless I'm not reading something into this PR that
you are...this PR doesn't document a tendency to wedge...it just seemed
to be a "lack of features" report :(

Marc G. Fournier                                  scrappy@ki.net
Systems Administrator @ ki.net               scrappy@freebsd.org