Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 11:11:09 -0500 From: "C. Stephen Gunn" <csg@waterspout.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with VLAN and natd. Message-ID: <20010102111109.B7610@waterspout.com> In-Reply-To: <3A517429.91B2F251@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 11:24:41PM -0700 References: <200101020501.AAA58976@tsunami.waterspout.com> <3A517429.91B2F251@softweyr.com>
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On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 11:24:41PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > > I'm afraid to even contemplate the POLA and backward compatability > > issues involved. > > Why would we need to violate POLA? The obvious default would be to > extend ifconfig to configure the new protocol types, and to assume > EthII framing unless explicitly specified. Well.. It's a change to ifconfig for normal interface configuraton. I also wasn't aware that ifconfig handles netgraph node creation, I thought you (currently) used ngctl or libnetgraph for that. > Perhaps so. If someone does the work to move EthII into netgraph, I can > certainly contribute a SNAP/LLC module, and maybe even extensions to > ifconfig so you can use it. ;^) If we continue to dicuss this, and this is the correct direction to head, I'd volunteer to take a first-pass at the code. - Steve -- C. Stephen Gunn URL: http://www.waterspout.com/ WaterSpout Communications, Inc. Email: csg@waterspout.com 427 North 6th Street Phone: +1 765.742.6628 Lafayette, IN 47901 Fax: +1 765.742.0646 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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