On Apr 22,  6:49pm, der Mouse wrote:
} Subject: Re: A few Sun4m changes
} Why not?  I think it'd be Really Cool (tm) to be able to yank off one
} medium and plug the other one in and have it cut over automagically.
} Perhaps loss of carrier should provoke periodic switching between
} media, say at 1Hz or something, until one or the other comes (back) to
} life.

This could be pretty annoying when trying to track down a network
problem.  While you're crawling around, wiggling wires, trying to
track down the loose connection, NetBSD is helpfully squirting the
bits out the other connector and onto the floor.

			---  Truck