Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 11:10:58 -0700 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> Cc: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>, "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freefall.freebsd.org>, fredriks@mcs.com, freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386/631 Message-ID: <199605271811.LAA00408@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 May 1996 13:50:06 EDT." <Pine.NEB.3.93.960527134924.11708F-100000@ki.net>
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>On Mon, 27 May 1996, Bill Fenner wrote: > >> In message <199605262339.QAA11265@freefall.freebsd.org> you write: >> >Synopsis: if_ix does not support bpf, nor does it appear to support MC. >> >> Nobody appears to know how to put this card into promiscuous mode, nor >> how to configure its multicast filters. I tried to argued that bpf is >> useful without promiscuous mode, but was overruled. >> > Can we close it then? Its been there for almost a year now... >if someone *really* misses it, they can always submit a new PR...? > >Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net >Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org We need at least one PR that documents the tendency for the if_ix driver to wedge when receiving large packets. Someone needs to get the specs for these cards and do a full review of the driver. It may be beneficial to look at the NetBSD driver to see if they have fixed any of these problems. -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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