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Date:      08 Feb 1999 00:56:59 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Regarding tcpdump and plip
Message-ID:  <xzpzp6pg438.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Peter Jeremy's message of "Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:44:52 %2B1100"
References:  <99Feb8.103441est.40336@border.alcanet.com.au>

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Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> wrote:
> > On a related note, I was rather surprised, when browsing through the
> > ppbus code, to discover that it is based on an older version of the
> > parallell port code than what was then (and is still) in -CURRENT.
> This is a problem when we have duplicated code.  If you do commit
> a fix to if_plip.c, could you please commit the equivalent fix to
> lpt.c.

I'm more likely to move lpt.c to the Attic, assuming TPTB will alow
it. There's no use for it now that the ppbus code is in.

> > Also, the plip code still causes regular panics.
> Probably still PR's i386/5698 and kern/6099 - neither of which seem to
> be fixed (or fixable :-().

I'm not so sure about that; it used to freeze the system, now it
panics instead. I'll try to catch a dump.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no

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