Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:59:50 +0100 (CET) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: "Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO" <myevmenkin@att.com>, "'freebsd-current@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG>, "'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NETGRAPH (proposal. FINAL) Message-ID: <200002291759.SAA32145@info.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <38BC0745.2781E494@elischer.org> from Julian Elischer at "Feb 29, 2000 09:52:05 am"
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> This is good in theory, however the intel 82586 ethernet chip > (and 596 in 586 mode) will overwrite anything you put there anyhow > as it treats the header specially and fabricates it. > (unless you are running in some mode that is not usually used). can you clarify this ? Looong ago i used the '586 on a bridge and it did let me write the MAC header... cheers luigi > I don't know how many other chips do this but it may be misleading > for the user who sets this on such a chip because the source > address he sets will not be put on the wire. > > The idea is however useful and I guess we'll try add it in > in the near future... > What do you think Archie? > Are we still in code freeze? (I think so). > > Julian > > > > > thanks, > > emax > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > -- > __--_|\ Julian Elischer > / \ julian@elischer.org > ( OZ ) World tour 2000 > ---> X_.---._/ presently in: Perth > v > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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