Re: fxp hack in sys/net/if.c?

2009-06-10 Thread Kip Macy
>From "cvs blame": Add workaround for fxp issue at interface initialization with IPv6. Some LAN card chip for fxp is known to cause problem at interface initialization with IPv6 enabled. It happens at some delicate timing. And also, just adding some DELAY before IPv6 address autoconfigu

Re: fxp hack in sys/net/if.c?

2009-06-10 Thread Kip Macy
The reasoning behind moving the delay in to shared code is not very compelling. -Kip On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Kip Macy wrote: > From "cvs blame": > > Add workaround for fxp issue at interface initialization with IPv6. > >  Some LAN card chip for fxp is known to cause problem at >  interfa

fxp hack in sys/net/if.c?

2009-06-10 Thread Bjoern A. Zeeb
Hi, could anyone having a clue why that is there look at it and either remove it or remove it and properly handle it elsewhere? I have continuesly noticed it for a while so I think the "temporary" as given in the comment rather means "forgotten"? sys/net/if.c: DELAY(100);/* XXX: tempo