Subject: Re: Networking problems.
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: John F. Woods <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/19/1995 09:36:30
> The 3c509s require two flags to indicate the use of the TP-port:
> # ifconfig ep0 ... link0 link1
> That is, add "link0 link1" to the ifconfig command line.
Because this is such a common usage, perhaps it would be justified to
add dedicated flags to ifconfig like "10base5", "10base2", and "10baseT"?
I know, adding driver-specific flags to ifconfig means a potential explosion
of oddball little flags, but until more than four people total are using
anything other than Ethernet, SLIP, or PPP, that seems like less of a problem.
Of course, this assumes that all ethernet drivers which implement these three
media types interpret link0 and link1 exactly the same.