On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 09:19:00PM +0100, Roy Marples wrote: > Hi List > > fwip(4) lacks carrier detection that most other drivers offer. > How hard would it be to add? > > Or another solution for me would be to rely on SIOCGIFMEDIA working down the > interface is down. This seems to work for bge(4) - should this generally be > the case? What does carrier detection mean in the context of fwip(4)? What in your opinion should happen for a host that has more than one firewire port and only one controller? You have to keep in mind fwip(4) is not Ethernet. -- Quentin Garnier - cube%cubidou.net@localhost - cube%NetBSD.org@localhost "See the look on my face from staying too long in one place [...] every time the morning breaks I know I'm closer to falling" KT Tunstall, Saving My Face, Drastic Fantastic, 2007.
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