cvs commit: src/sys/net if_tap.c

[Brian Fundakowski Feldman]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 03:33:25AM +0200, Max Laier wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 August 2004 02:12, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> > emax        2004-08-11 00:12:27 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sys/net              if_tap.c
> >   Log:
> >   Set IFF_RUNNING flag on the interface as soon as the control device is
> > opened.
> 
> Erm ...
> 1) IFF_RUNNING has a different meaning (for all I know) - "resources 
> allocated" i.e. address(es) assigned. See if_loop.c for instance.
> 2) What are these spl's for? You are not going to MFC that anyway as it would 
> be user visible.
> 
> I recon a thread with this topic, but I think the outcome was that this is not 
> a good thing to do. Can't find the thread though.

Having written a driver recently, the best I could find is that IFF_RUNNING
essentially means not dead...

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