From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 3 18:23:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5766816A540 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:23:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from c00l3r.networx.ch (c00l3r.networx.ch [62.48.2.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA66D43D39 for ; Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:23:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from andre@freebsd.org) Received: (qmail 89563 invoked from network); 3 Nov 2004 18:19:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO freebsd.org) ([62.48.0.53]) (envelope-sender ) by c00l3r.networx.ch (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 3 Nov 2004 18:19:23 -0000 Message-ID: <41892210.8D5718F3@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 19:23:12 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Luigi Rizzo References: <200411031411.iA3EBIqL012134@repoman.freebsd.org> <418905E5.1050605@freebsd.org> <20041103082806.C49241@xorpc.icir.org> <41890956.2030705@freebsd.org> <20041103083922.A49431@xorpc.icir.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org cc: Scott Long cc: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/em if_em.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 18:23:14 -0000 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