Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 14:36:26 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> To: Andrew Herdman <andrew@whine.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: new network device that appeared on it's own Message-ID: <9603071936.AA20060@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960307133518.1404A-100000@why> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960307133518.1404A-100000@why>
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<<On Thu, 7 Mar 1996 13:39:11 -0500, Andrew Herdman <andrew@whine.com> said: > If I do an ifconfig -a along with my ed1, lp0, lo0, and tun0 devices I > have this new 'ds0' device, and I have no idea what it is or where it is > even comming from. Here's my kernal config. Any ideas? The only thing > I have added was pseudo-device disc. I'm not really sure why I added it > as I have no idea what it even does. It is the black-hole network interface. You send packets to it, and it throws them away. It's useful for testing packet processing performance. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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