Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:42:38 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Subject: Re: if_flags usage etc. Message-ID: <43DA699E.8030803@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20060127005500.A38764@xorpc.icir.org> References: <20060124075437.B67285@xorpc.icir.org> <20060126.210322.56187611.imp@bsdimp.com> <20060126225244.B37507@xorpc.icir.org> <20060127.003927.08393947.imp@bsdimp.com> <20060127005500.A38764@xorpc.icir.org>
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Luigi Rizzo wrote: >On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 12:39:27AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: >... > > >>Actually, the ifmedia approach has a cleaner way of dealing. mii uses >>ifmedia. ifmedia reports all the possible media types to ifconfig, >>and then reports its status. mii has a nearly identical way of >>doing this for devices with mii busses, or pseudo mii busses. >> >>ed should likely be fully converted to using ifmedia, but I'm not sure >>I want to risk breaking ISA cards that I don't have access to to make >>it so. I just don't have the time... >> >> > >to tell the truth, -current is so heavyweight for obsolete >hardware that i wonder what is the point of trying to support >old hardware that nobody has anymore, or on which nobody >would upgrade the OS from 4.x to 7.x > > ehem.. I have several ed pc-cards on -current machines.. That particular design may be old but it's really cheap and still used a LOT in cheap/small stuff. especially since it is usable at 100Mb transparently with some cards. >Not that i have plans to revise the 'ed' driver' but if >someone has such plans, this shouldn't be a concern >that stops us. > > cheers > luigi >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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