did you do an ioctl to get the current value? and then or in the IFF_UP..
otherwise the ifr_flags is uninited...
Dave.
On Mon, 21 May 2001, John P. Looney wrote:
> Just wondering. I wanted to set the IFF_UP flag on a device, with;
>> ifreqp->ifr_flags |= IFF_UP;
> result = ioctl(skfd,SIOCSIFFLAGS, ifreqp);
>> But, I notice some messages in the syslog like;
>> May 21 20:19:19 angel kernel: eth1: Promiscuous mode enabled.
> May 21 20:19:22 angel kernel: eth1: Setting full-duplex based on MII #32 link partner ability of 45e1.
>> So, it looks like it's setting others too (though ifconfig doesn't
> mention anything about promiscous mode enabled). Should I be doing the
> "OR with what's there already" or not ?
>> Kate
>>
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