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Date:      Thu, 12 Oct 1995 10:35:44 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        jhay@mikom.csir.co.za (John Hay)
Cc:        dennis@etinc.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IPX now available
Message-ID:  <199510121735.KAA15381@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199510120515.HAA22457@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> from "John Hay" at Oct 12, 95 07:15:35 am

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> It isn't difficult to support 802.3. The problem is in setting it from the
> userlevel. If it is just a kernel compile time option it should be easy. I
> have thought of using one of the link flags in the ifnet structure, then
> you can just add it to the ifconfig commandline. It would mean the minimum
> changes. I think you would only need to change if_ethersubr.c then.
> 
> What do the rest of the people think?

I think most of the code ofr 802.3 exists in one of the existing drivers
by our esteemed collegue from DEC, that most of the rest exists in the
X.25 code, and only 2 (3?) routines must be written for 802.3 LLC support.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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