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Date:      Thu, 13 Jun 1996 21:36:16 -0700
From:      David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Cc:        jmf@free-gate.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: ISC dhcp, AF_UNSPEC & bpf bugs 
Message-ID:  <199606140436.VAA03768@Root.COM>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Jun 1996 19:50:57 PDT." <199606140250.TAA00774@bubba.whistle.com> 

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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?

   This has been fixed in -current. I haven't decided yet if the change will
be brought into -stable. Any opinions about that?

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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