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From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
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To: Shaya Potter <spotter@cs.columbia.edu>
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Subject: Re: xircom_cb and promiscious mode
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Shaya Potter wrote:
> if it doesn't need promiscious mode always, shouldn't this be a module
> param?

There is a significant enough portion of Xircom cards that have that
particular quirk, that relegating the option to a not-enabled-by-default
setting would mean some people's cards flat out don't work by default
with the driver.  Ugly user support issue, even if it is easily solved.

I am hoping that Ion's changes make unconditional promisc mode
unnecessary..

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