From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon May 27 11:14:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-bugs Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA00682 for bugs-outgoing; Mon, 27 May 1996 11:14:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA00677; Mon, 27 May 1996 11:14:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199605271814.LAA00677@freefall.freebsd.org> To: "Marc G. Fournier" cc: Bill Fenner , "Marc G. Fournier" , fredriks@mcs.com, freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/631 In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 27 May 1996 14:13:17 EDT." Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 11:14:29 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" Sender: owner-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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 Combine them into a single PR with a good title. Whomever reviews the if_ix driver should add BPF support. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================