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Date:      Wed, 07 May 1997 12:53:49 -0400
From:      Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
To:        Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: if_de.c ???? 
Message-ID:  <3.0.1.32.19970507125349.006b90d0@www.3am-software.com>

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At 08:51 AM 5/6/97 -0400, Dennis wrote:
>At 03:06 PM 5/5/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>On Mon, 05 May 1997 17:54:02 -0400 
>> dennis <dennis@etinc.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Is there (yet) a fix for the newer 21040-AC parts without having to
>> > do the if_media hack in 2.2.1?
>>
>>What do you mean "hack"?  if_media is the only way you can possibly
>>represent all of the media options on those parts.
>
>Its a "hack" because the user has to hack his O/S to make it work. Its simply
>not feasible to have a customer do this.

BSD/OS and NetBSD already have ifmedia built in.  Only FreeBSD does
not (yet) have it as a standard component.  With the various configurations
taht the de supports, anything else but ifmedia is a hack.
-- 
Matt Thomas               Internet:   matt@3am-software.com
3am Software Foundry      WWW URL:    http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt.html
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