Re: Decoding interface flags (ifconfig)

2007-05-05 Thread Jonathan Gray
On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 03:27:53AM -0700, Clint Pachl wrote: I'm curious if the flag bits, shown for each interface with ifconfig(8), can be decoded in order to reveal the characteristics of NICs, such as hardware RX/TX checksums and VLAN. So far I have searched: netintro(4) ifmedia(4)

Decoding interface flags (ifconfig)

2007-05-04 Thread Clint Pachl
I'm curious if the flag bits, shown for each interface with ifconfig(8), can be decoded in order to reveal the characteristics of NICs, such as hardware RX/TX checksums and VLAN. So far I have searched: netintro(4) ifmedia(4) inet(4) sys/net/if.c sys/dev/pci/if_em.c But haven't found

Re: Decoding interface flags (ifconfig)

2007-05-04 Thread Reyk Floeter
On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 03:27:53AM -0700, Clint Pachl wrote: I'm curious if the flag bits, shown for each interface with ifconfig(8), can be decoded in order to reveal the characteristics of NICs, such as hardware RX/TX checksums and VLAN. they are already decoded in the string, nothing is