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From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: ecinit on ifconfig
Message-ID: <1992Aug24.144403.3676@spcvxb.spc.edu>
Date: 24 Aug 92 18:44:03 GMT
References: <BtHKpH.3Lx@ibmpcug.co.uk>
Organization: St. Peter's College, US
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In article <BtHKpH.3Lx@ibmpcug.co.uk>, adrian@ibmpcug.co.uk (Adrian Hall) writes:
> On running :-
> 
> 	ifconfig ec0 192.68.174.74
> 
> My system displays the string "ecinit" underlined.
> 
> Why does this come up? The tcp/ip seems to be working otherwise,
> and I hate messages coming up with no real explanation attached
> to them

  It's a nit in the ec driver. Just search for that string and you'll see it.
I reported this to the bug list (w/ fix), but it doesn't seem to have made it
in.

	Terry Kennedy		Operations Manager, Academic Computing
	terry@spcvxa.bitnet	St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
	terry@spcvxa.spc.edu	+1 201 915 9381