Subject: Re: status vlans on bge(4)?
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Steve Woodford <scw@netbsd.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 05/15/2004 00:36:32
On Friday 14 May 2004 18:47, der Mouse wrote:

> > You mean, the manpage is right?  Vlans are not supported on bge
> > interfaces in netbsd-1.6 ?
>
> Amazing, isn't it?
>
> I can't be sure, because I don't have one myself to play with.  But
> that's certainly what it looks like to me.

Line 2398 of sys/dev/pci/if_bge.c:

        sc->ethercom.ec_capabilities |=
            ETHERCAP_VLAN_HWTAGGING | ETHERCAP_VLAN_MTU;

Looks to me like it can deal with VLAN tagged packets, as well as adding 
tags in hardware.

Cheers, Steve