On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 01:30:57PM -0200, Eduardo Meyer wrote: > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 08:12:28AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > >> > # ifconfig -v rl0 caps > >> > Capabilities: 48 > >> > >> The above patch is completely unnecessary. The -m flag in ifconfig > >> will do what you want. > >> > >> However, the existing ifconfig code does not print POLLING as a > >> capability, which is where the bug truly lies. > >> > >> I'll provide a patch that extends the capability list properly, and will > >> allow you to determine a full capability list. > > > > I'm both correct and incorrect. > > > > Correct: ifconfig -m will show you want. No need for the patch. > > > > Incorrect: I missed the "POLLING" part of #define IFCAPBITS in > > ifconfig.c -- it is in fact listed there. > > > > Maybe the polling bit is only made available if you've built a kernel > > with "option DEVICE_POLLING"? For example, I can do "ifconfig em1 > > polling", which returns no error, but "ifconfig -m em1" does not show > > POLLING. (My kernel does NOT have DEVICE_POLLING defined.) > > > > In your above output, capabilities is 0x48, which means POLLING is > > available, and VLAN_MTU is available. You did not provide us output of > > "ifconfig -m rl0", but I'd be inclined to believe "POLLING" is shown > > there... I hope. :-) > > > > Also, it appears ifconfig does not print TOE4 or TOE6 capability bits; > > that's probably a missing feature. > > > > -- > > | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | > > | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | > > | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | > > | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | > > > > > > You are right. My mistake, its there, in the "capabilities" line when > -m is issued. > > Thank you Jeremy.
You're welcome. :-) Also, FWIW, PR 128295 has been filed to address the missing TOE4/TOE6 bits. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc at parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB | _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
