From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed May 7 09:56:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA01581 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 7 May 1997 09:56:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.cdsnet.net (mail.cdsnet.net [204.118.244.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA01574 for ; Wed, 7 May 1997 09:56:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shasta.altavista-software.com (shasta.altavista-software.com [205.181.164.61]) by mail.cdsnet.net (8.8.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA06549; Wed, 7 May 1997 09:55:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970507125349.006b90d0@www.3am-software.com> X-Sender: matt@www.3am-software.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 12:53:49 -0400 To: Dennis From: Matt Thomas Subject: Re: if_de.c ???? Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 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 Westford, MA Disclaimer: I disavow all knowledge of this message