Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 13:13:44 +0000 From: Matt Thomas <matt@lkg.dec.com> To: davidg@root.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_detach() Message-ID: <199510131313.NAA23002@whydos.lkg.dec.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 Oct 1995 09:37:30 MST." <199510131637.JAA00729@corbin.Root.COM>
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In <199510131637.JAA00729@corbin.Root.COM>, David Greenman wrote:
> >Is there such an animal done or planned?
>
> I think it will be written in the not-too-distant future. Several people
> have expressed an interest in this...Poul-Henning, for instance, wants
> something like that for hot-plug PCMCIA ethernet support.
> It shouldn't be difficult to write.
At the time, PRC_IFATTACHED and PRC_IFDETACHED should be added so that
existing protocols can dynamically attach and detach themselves from
the interface.
pfctlinput(PRC_IFATTACHED, ifp);
In a related issue, a pr_destroy could be added to the protosw structure
to be used to release what pr_init acquired.
Matt Thomas Internet: matt@lkg.dec.com
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