From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 16 23:12:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA08269 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 23:12:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA08264 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 23:12:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA04216; Wed, 16 Oct 1996 23:12:42 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 23:12:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: shegonee@ix.netcom.com cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device.architecture In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19961015064358.006769a0@popd.ix.netcom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 14 Oct 1996 shegonee@ix.netcom.com wrote: > I need to create a device special file for an ethernet card in /dev. You don't. Ethernet cards aren't devices, they're network interfaces. If you need direct access to an interface, use the bpf system. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major