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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!mimbres.cs.unm.edu!ncar!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!library.ucla.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!acs.ucalgary.ca!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!xenlink!fsa.ca!deraadt From: deraadt@fsa.ca (Theo de Raadt) Subject: Re: AUI with ed0 and 3c503 8-bit In-Reply-To: wollman@UVM.EDU's message of Tue, 27 Jul 1993 19: 56:36 GMT Message-ID: <DERAADT.93Jul27225417@newt.fsa.ca> Sender: news@fsa.ca Nntp-Posting-Host: newt.fsa.ca Organization: little lizard city References: <233rnr$8oh@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu> <CGD.93Jul27115107@erewhon.cs.berkeley.edu> <1993Jul27.195636.23569@emba.uvm.edu> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 05:54:17 GMT Lines: 16 In article <1993Jul27.195636.23569@emba.uvm.edu> wollman@UVM.EDU (Garrett Wollman) writes: > And this is one of them. The IFF_LLC0 flag should never have been > stolen for this purpose, and should not be used in this manner. The > right thing to do is to define a new if_flags value (and while you're > at it, change if_flags to be a u_int, not a u_short) and test /that/ > in the drivers. LLC means "link level control". Link level sure sounds to me like "hardware link", which sure seems to say "device driver dependent" to me. I commend Herb Peyerl on having been the first to come up with the idea of using IFF_LLC0, it's exactly what they are supposed to be used for. <tdr. -- This space not left unintentionally unblank. deraadt@fsa.ca