dhclient problem with xl0

Martin Blapp mb at imp.ch
Sat Aug 9 05:38:33 PDT 2003


Hi,

> dhclient is still relying on behavior from the kernel that isn't
> guaranteed.

I know. But I'd consider that as a kernel bug, not dhclient fault.
Would it help the set the card into promisc. mode anyway, even
if we don't have link ?

> I posted a patch to if_xl.c that should correct the link status for cards
> with builtin non-MII PHYs.

Ok. Thank you very much !

Martin


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