On Nov 23 14:10, Jason Curl wrote: > Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin <at> cygwin.com> writes: > > On Nov 22 21:29, Jason Curl wrote: > > > The actual delays are caused by SendARP() called from get_xp_ifs(). > > > Interestingly enough, it isn't always slow, only sometimes. > > > [...] > > Ok, so SendARP is kind of a problematic call. As you can see from the > > source code, it's only called to set the IFF_NOARP flag. Probably > > that's a bit over the top. What about just disabling this code? > > I'll try this out on my next opportunity. I personally have no need for > IFF_NOARP.
Actually, after reading a bit about this flag, the usage in Cygwin seems to be wrong anyway. I applied a patch so that IFF_NOARP is only set for PPP and SLIP devices, so the call to SendARP is gone. Please test CVS or the next developer snapshot. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
