From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat May 6 03:51:46 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id DAA01770 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 6 May 1995 03:51:46 -0700 Received: from sovcom.kiae.su (sovcom.kiae.su [144.206.136.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id DAA01764 for ; Sat, 6 May 1995 03:51:33 -0700 Received: by sovcom.kiae.su id AA21738 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Sat, 6 May 1995 14:47:19 +0400 Received: by sovcom.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Sat, 6 May 95 14:47:18 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.6.8/8.6.6) id OAA00607; Sat, 6 May 1995 14:44:26 +0400 To: Ed Hudson , hackers@FreeBSD.org References: <199505052232.PAA03358@p54c.spnet.com> In-Reply-To: <199505052232.PAA03358@p54c.spnet.com>; from Ed Hudson at Fri, 05 May 1995 15:32:31 -0700 Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Sat, 6 May 1995 14:44:25 +0400 X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.32 FreeBSD] From: "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: slattach!!!!!!! - solutions Lines: 22 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 867 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199505052232.PAA03358@p54c.spnet.com> Ed Hudson writes: > 2) constant sl-unit number > because i have multiple slip connections going simultaneously, > i cannot tolerate slattach's normal behaviour of providing > unpredictable sl-units (eg, sl1, sl0, sl2, etc). > i DO recommend that patch-sys be incorporated in 2.0.5 > if the unit-controllable slattach isn't ready. This already done by another way: ioctl SLIOCSUNIT, this way compatible with BSDI style. Your way is less flexible and non-compatible with anything. I DON'T recommend this patch to 2.0.5. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849