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Date:      Thu, 13 Jun 1996 19:50:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
To:        davidg@Root.COM
Cc:        jmf@free-gate.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ISC dhcp, AF_UNSPEC & bpf bugs
Message-ID:  <199606140250.TAA00774@bubba.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <199606080600.XAA12797@Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Jun 7, 96 11:00:28 pm

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> >I am currently trying to port the ISC DHCP server to FreeBSD. In the
> >process, I found 2 problems related to the BPF implementation, which
> >they use to send packets on specific interfaces.
> >
> >1. When sending a packet via BPF, the ether type gets byte-swapped.
> 
>    This issue keeps coming up - I think it was the AppleTalk people the last
> time. I personally could care less which way it is and don't have an opinion.
> Someone just decide which way it fits the standard usage model the best and
> send in a diff.
> 
> -DG
> 
> David Greenman
> Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

Sorry if I wasn't paying attention, but what eventually happened with
regards to this... did it get fixed?

Thanks,
-Archie

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