Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 14:13:17 -0400 (EDT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@freefall.freebsd.org> 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: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960527141233.11708H-100000@ki.net> In-Reply-To: <199605271811.LAA00408@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, 27 May 1996, Justin T. Gibbs wrote: > >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. > Okay, but unless I'm not reading something into this PR that you are...this PR doesn't document a tendency to wedge...it just seemed to be a "lack of features" report :( Marc G. Fournier scrappy@ki.net Systems Administrator @ ki.net scrappy@freebsd.org
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