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Date:      Sat, 07 Aug 2004 10:06:17 +0300
From:      Alex Lyashkov <shadow@psoft.net>
To:        Maksim Yevmenkin <maksim.yevmenkin@savvis.net>
Cc:        cokane@cokane.org
Subject:   Re: Network interface RUNNING and UP flags
Message-ID:  <1091862376.7840.3.camel@berloga.shadowland>
In-Reply-To: <41140139.5080803@savvis.net>
References:  <346a8022040806145018a5e18@mail.gmail.com> <41140139.5080803@savvis.net>

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÷ óÂÔ, 07.08.2004, × 01:07, Maksim Yevmenkin ÐÉÛÅÔ:
> > 2) Is there a way to set this interface flag without assigning an IPv4
> > address (or any address for that matter) first?
> > 
> > Mainly for number two, I would like to be able to run interfaces
> > bridged together without having to also give all of them addresses.
> 
> please try the attached (untested!) patch. it should set iff_running 
> flag on the interface as soon as the control device is opened.
> 
> max
>  
>  	bcopy(tp->arpcom.ac_enaddr, tp->ether_addr, sizeof(tp->ether_addr));
>  	tp->tap_pid = td->td_proc->p_pid;
>  	tp->tap_flags |= TAP_OPEN;
+	tp->tap_if.if_flags |= IFF_RUNNING;
+	tp->tap_if.if_flags &= ~IFF_OACTIVE;
> 
>  	mtx_unlock(&tp->tap_mtx);
not better move this under tp->tap_mtx mutex without using splX
functions?

-- 
Alex Lyashkov <shadow@psoft.net>
PSoft



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