Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:16:04 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Maxim.Sobolev@portaone.com, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/re if_re.c Message-ID: <20050818231503.F34984@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <25621.1124402605@phk.freebsd.dk> References: <25621.1124402605@phk.freebsd.dk>
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> Ideally, I'd like to see device drivers stop setting or clearing >> stack-owned bits, such as IFF_UP, IFF_PROMISC, etc. However, we >> probably have a ways to go before we're there. > > I belive if the driver doesn't to this, you have to explicity specify > "up" on the ifconfig command line. Many perfectly functional drivers work just fine without directly frobbing the flag -- if_em, if_fxp, if_xl, etc. Robert N M Watson
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