From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon Apr 16 18:23:51 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4133F9A3E3 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:23:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from khanzf@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x230.google.com (mail-io0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48C87697B7 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:23:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from khanzf@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x230.google.com with SMTP id y128so19192018iod.4 for ; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:23:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=tQwA+1BqhMJGWv2+iasYnmWU6cm329qd0CJJtQXE8Gk=; b=oqaWxLbn+xn9b/iugeOWeGtSf2kbTUyQCUOPreFb37E12YOGnHLDmml0eh5X+G6kKD wPm3izoUZCJr7EYkUGvnnUUa4afpSpgQTZNJp28QvW24yN1dN215N66Rvq1OtVrm+nDV ORh3zr3oaSNyE4Q9oD4apLgyOi3uqTb4wFrEQ8RkHafiYfvn2knO7gjRII5kpcsiP87P PLKFuFgzceIgwwnTIYUnVxTYpL/38xgQWfnO/8IICqSWVLahgl74TPJKmaNgVXk27hee yb7F3AOrZeFyfM5+85SofpcbYhrhiCjapATH6EfA+U6WC8G7ufMkUJrYzmX9anQxg24S z7TQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=tQwA+1BqhMJGWv2+iasYnmWU6cm329qd0CJJtQXE8Gk=; b=ou26/9P7x/omXaxrCdb/nwdY7Zi0vQQkeeoH7+tYO99w3roH+l4Q8go7yvZFR07WDa 6HBTOq2kRHks3V557qV3rZVO0XsdmefRwLR92ugu7Xv78/D6OcG0PS59QmHI0etM+rNJ ea8v4BZIgWxA/F45fSTx3Wfyq1nqOLQn+XVQkAAuAwybcXPSVlVBePwxaEQmxc18iIVS gRP24c6XNkHaWXXGFA75gF06QP6wS3uM9XS6ZqznKaDxOzmgNZAzFigkHSo8ZCH7V4RT SmUHBp0JBZB4I2Vmu4Cz7+IP0O9PNYRSMRVbNN5noKCHWQhwXuiupEugxMICQkQn4pIq cGVA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tCEj643tvAVbwqDgtet0BnkFKCNnnwLwq4HCEcKR4HyhSbDxOyE uGhVEcvzQsQ0l6yRm8hbDxkRWK60qFVjRFhsTSOXX69V X-Google-Smtp-Source: AIpwx48EX6TDxE3uXH+GfFwnqTx88ujsPmA98L3m0sKyuVPHH5MrxoTFlvHTjg5Cl1n0wD2ZdJYVklmvLWl1JKLNlpI= X-Received: by 10.107.82.3 with SMTP id g3mr1934121iob.11.1523903030348; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:23:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.192.128.233 with HTTP; Mon, 16 Apr 2018 11:23:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Farhan Khan Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:23:29 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Merge vale-ctl into ifconfig(8) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:23:52 -0000 Hi all, I am interested in vale(4) and see the vale-ctl in /usr/src/tools/tools/netmap/vale-ctl.c. Given that it affects interface cards and creates a virtual switch, is it appropriate to merge vale-ctl's behavior into ifconfig? From a cursory code review, vale-ctl opens /dev/netapi whereas ifconfig uses a socket(2). Thoughts? -- Farhan Khan PGP Fingerprint: B28D 2726 E2BC A97E 3854 5ABE 9A9F 00BC D525 16EE