Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 05:20:56 -0800 From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@freebsd.org> To: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: is 'device ether' mandatory now? Message-ID: <20020324052056.B87371@iguana.icir.org> In-Reply-To: <20020323204359.Y10340-100000@news1.macomnet.ru> References: <20020323204359.Y10340-100000@news1.macomnet.ru>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Do you have a suggestion for an #ifdef /#endif to remove the problem you mention ? cheers luigi On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 08:50:19PM +0300, Maxim Konovalov wrote: > > Hello, > > After this commit 'device ether' is mandatory if ever there is no any > ethernet or token-ring devices. > > | luigi 2002/02/18 14:50:13 PST > | > | Modified files: > | sys/net if.c > | Log: > | When the local link address is changed, send out gratuitous ARPs > | to notify other nodes about the address change. Otherwise, they > | might try and keep using the old address until their arp table > | entry times out and the address is refreshed. > | > | Maybe this ought to be done for INET6 addresses as well but i have > | no idea how to do it. It should be pretty straightforward though. > | > | MFC-after: 10 days > | > | Revision Changes Path > | 1.128 +11 -0 src/sys/net/if.c > > -- > Maxim Konovalov, MAcomnet, Internet-Intranet Dept., system engineer > phone: +7 (095) 796-9079, mailto:maxim@macomnet.ru > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20020324052056.B87371>