Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 23:52:35 -0700 (MST) From: Dave Andersen <angio@shell.aros.net> To: koshy@india.hp.com (A JOSEPH KOSHY) Cc: install@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: if_ed(2) Message-ID: <199604040652.XAA14522@shell.aros.net> In-Reply-To: <199604040417.AA005441467@fakir.india.hp.com> from A JOSEPH KOSHY at "Apr 4, 96 09:47:47 am"
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Call it a guess: Because this way it's easier to autosense ISA-based
ethernet cards, because you can have two default configurations to take a
stab at likely setups.
Of course, I've *never* had the default configuration match my ethernet
cards, but perhaps I've just had odd luck that way. Now that there's a
visual configuration editor, it should be much easier for a first-time
user to setup, so the need seems to be less. *shrugs*
The other issue would be that it's an attempt to make the GENERIC kernel
as widely applicable as you can; if you want the machine to act as an
ethernet gateway, you'd need the two interfaces, and that may be a
"common" enough application.
-Dave Andersen
Lo and behold, A JOSEPH KOSHY once said:
>
> Why does the GENERIC kernel contain ed0 and ed1 built in?
>
> Not many people use two network cards (those who do can always build
> another kernel). With the addition of the boot time configuration
> wouldn't just one ed driver suffice for most people?
>
> Koshy
>
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