Date: 08 Feb 1999 22:59:57 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@teaser.fr> Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regarding tcpdump and plip Message-ID: <xzpk8xs5zfm.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Nicolas Souchu's message of "Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:28:29 %2B0100" References: <xzp90e9brl4.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <199902080148.RAA09054@dingo.cdrom.com> <19990208195855.56187@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr> <xzpsocg63t5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <19990208222829.53422@breizh.prism.uvsq.fr>
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Nicolas Souchu <nsouch@teaser.fr> writes: > On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 09:25:26PM +0100, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > Better yet, let's rip it out of -current (I have an lpt-less src/sys > > tree just waiting to be committed), and stick an #error in -stable's > > lpt.c saying "This driver is deprecated, use ppbus instead". That way, > > we give everybody advance warning without risking a botched commit > > and/or people complaining that their kernel has inexplicably failed to > > build. > Ok. Is UPDATING only a -current resource or may it be updated in 3.1? I don't know, I was planning to just notify Warner Losh and let him fix src/UPDATING. > > In any case, does anybody mind if I go ahead and remove the lpt driver > > from -current, say, tomorrow? > Don't forget GENERIC.. this patch or whatelse. Don't worry, I've patched GENERIC, LINT, files.i386 and the PicoBSD kernels, and removed lpt.c and lpt.4. I'll still have to track down references to the driver in the documentation though. > "This supposes slip/ppp is statically configured for plip", would add Bruce. What are the consequences of just setting the interrupt mask to net in all cases? Does one still need slip? Is it wrong to do so when plip is not compiled in? DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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