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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...

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