Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:04:31 -0400 From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> To: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_tap.c Message-ID: <20040811020431.GA981@green.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <200408110333.33418.max@love2party.net> References: <200408110012.i7B0CRnp039953@repoman.freebsd.org> <200408110333.33418.max@love2party.net>
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On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 03:33:25AM +0200, Max Laier wrote: > On Wednesday 11 August 2004 02:12, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > > emax 2004-08-11 00:12:27 UTC > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > sys/net if_tap.c > > Log: > > Set IFF_RUNNING flag on the interface as soon as the control device is > > opened. > > Erm ... > 1) IFF_RUNNING has a different meaning (for all I know) - "resources > allocated" i.e. address(es) assigned. See if_loop.c for instance. > 2) What are these spl's for? You are not going to MFC that anyway as it would > be user visible. > > I recon a thread with this topic, but I think the outcome was that this is not > a good thing to do. Can't find the thread though. Having written a driver recently, the best I could find is that IFF_RUNNING essentially means not dead... -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\
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