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Subject: Re: if_flags usage etc.
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In message: <20060124075437.B67285@xorpc.icir.org>
            Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> writes:
: - some drivers try to manipulate flags that they should not e.g.
: 	if_ed
: 		sets IFF_ALTPHYS (IFF_LINK*, but it is almost a capability here)

Why is this wrong?

Warner