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Luigi Rizzo wrote:
>
> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 09:37:42AM -0700, Scott Long wrote:
> ...
> > > because sometimes you might need to enable some MAC-based filter
> > > before you have a chance to access the box. e.g. to set dhcp/bootp
> > > anbd the like.
> ...
> > > I think the link-up/link-down thing is different because it
> > > happens not just at boot but also whenever the link status
> > > changes (e.g. when a spanning tree on a switch detects a
> ...
> > bootverbose. Situations like what you are saying are rare and/or
> > one-time occurances. And if you look at drivers like if_ath(no offense
>
> ok, but that one time is precisely when you have little or
> no chance to intervene. Anyways, as long as you keep the MAC
> printout on by default i am happy :)
Me too. :)
--
Andre