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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:23:51 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Subject: Re: de driver broken with SMC 8434BT 
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On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, David Greenman wrote:

> >When did you have in mind to output this?  Always, when ifconfig'ing a
> >device that has multiple media, only when changing the media type...?  I
> >can see this being really useful in some situations, but pretty cumbersome
> >in others.
> 
>    When you do a "ifconfig de0" or "ifconfig -a", it will include the
> "supported media" along with all of the other information.
Hmm....
I'd certainly be in favor of this for ifconfig de0.  The ifconfig -a(u|d)
is more problematic though.  I know when I do an ifconfig -a, -au, etc. I
just want the bare minimum info.  I don't know (not having a
multi-interface) what it shows now, but perhaps ifconfig -a should show
the ACTIVE media type, but not a list of others, where as ifconfig de0
should show all available types...?
Someone jump in here; I'm just saying what I'd think would be the most
informative, yet convenient.


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