On Wed, Oct 07, 2026 at 08:23:50AM +0200, Paul de Weerd wrote:
| | `systat if` is probably the easiest way to see it. with the current
| | driver i'm guessing that you see "aq0 up" if the machine is
| | booted without a working ethernet cable plugged in. after this diff
| | it should be "up:D". if you boot with a working ethernet cable
| | plugged in it should be "up:U".
|
| You're right, it shows 'aq0 up'. Hopefully I'll be able
| to test your diff later today. Will follow up when I do.
I built a kernel with your diff. `systat if` now indeed shows
'aq0 up:D'
mbufs are very steady with this in (and aq0 up, part of veb0 but no
cable connected), so I would consider this fixed.
Thanks David
(Also thanks Stuart for chiming in - makes sense, the mbufs vs mbuf
clusters detail)
Paul
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