Munehiro Matsuda writes:
> :: Make all Ethernet drivers attach using ether_ifattach() and detach using
> :: ether_ifdetach().
>
> After the commit, VMware seems to hang the system at boot time.
> The "vmnet" module, that comes with VMware, needs the included patch.
OK, I'm CC:'ing the port maintainer..
> Shouldn't we bump version or something, due to the kernel API change?
Good idea.. I just did that.
> --- vmnet-only/freebsd/vmnet.c.org Fri Jul 14 16:18:50 2000
> +++ vmnet-only/freebsd/vmnet.c Fri Jul 14 16:21:51 2000
> @@ -156,9 +156,7 @@
> DLog(Linfo, DEVICE_NAME "%d: Ethernet address: %6D", ifp->if_unit,
>sc->iface.arpcom.ac_enaddr, ":");
>
> s = splimp();
> - if_attach(ifp);
> - ether_ifattach(ifp);
> - bpfattach(ifp, DLT_EN10MB, sizeof(struct ether_header));
> + ether_ifattach(ifp, ETHER_BPF_SUPPORTED);
> splx(s);
>
> return 0;
-Archie
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