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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!olivea!uunet!emba-news.uvm.edu!wollman From: wollman@UVM.EDU (Garrett Wollman) Subject: Re: AUI with ed0 and 3c503 8-bit Message-ID: <1993Jul27.195636.23569@emba.uvm.edu> Sender: news@emba.uvm.edu Organization: University of Vermont, EMBA Computer Facility References: <233rnr$8oh@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> <CGD.93Jul27115107@erewhon.cs.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 19:56:36 GMT Lines: 25 In article <CGD.93Jul27115107@erewhon.cs.berkeley.edu>, Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: >ifconfig ed0 llc0 > >to get ed0 (or ec0) to use the aui port on a 3c503. > >ifconfig ed0 -llc0 >(which is the default) tells it explicitly to use the BNC port. > so many bugs, so little time. And this is one of them. The IFF_LLC0 flag should never have been stolen for this purpose, and should not be used in this manner. The right thing to do is to define a new if_flags value (and while you're at it, change if_flags to be a u_int, not a u_short) and test /that/ in the drivers. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@emba.uvm.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. uvm-gen!wollman | It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people UVM disagrees. | who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant