From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 18 22:11:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00D7616A41F; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:11:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [204.156.12.53]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE26B43D46; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:11:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rwatson@FreeBSD.org) Received: from fledge.watson.org (fledge.watson.org [204.156.12.50]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D1E846B9F; Thu, 18 Aug 2005 18:11:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:16:04 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson X-X-Sender: robert@fledge.watson.org To: Poul-Henning Kamp In-Reply-To: <25621.1124402605@phk.freebsd.dk> Message-ID: <20050818231503.F34984@fledge.watson.org> References: <25621.1124402605@phk.freebsd.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, Maxim.Sobolev@portaone.com, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, John Baldwin , src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/re if_re.c X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 22:11:30 -0000 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