From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 11 13:43:41 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 151A716A401; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:43:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ianf@clue.co.za) Received: from munchkin.clue.co.za (munchkin.clue.co.za [66.219.59.160]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D782B13C44B; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:43:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ianf@clue.co.za) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=simple; s=20070313; d=clue.co.za; h=Received:Received:Received:To:From:Subject:In-Reply-To:X-Attribution:Date:Message-Id; b=rhfWAgVp208+kSg5CsyPqOjwbQJ7FaQMv4sI68iYR7Gsn8RZyosmP6D9aHXqgF61oWvvWwTIQ+ScgCtJ7IbRWJWIfg2BRu1lbz5Sy2nt6jZOsTKZpf4Uc6AynMfKWJApTBRe7h70Xf9XlPPqQA3IAXNHVFMGQpOIfYnI+DNxU5sMWj3kpaR87/UJ0Br7f6gIgIwIVSbUKRyhiHl9K0UfHBDx9oF3jEIAQXsKqbeZ/IwVRerf53AnwFIzGj8GwQzW; Received: from uucp by munchkin.clue.co.za with local (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1Hbd6q-00076p-9d; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:43:40 +0000 Received: from cluetoy.clue.co.za ([10.0.0.19] helo=clue.co.za) by urchin.clue.co.za with esmtpa (Exim 4.66) (envelope-from ) id 1Hbd6E-000490-66; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:43:02 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by clue.co.za with esmtp (Exim 4.66 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Hbd6G-0000LG-MX; Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:43:04 +0200 To: Andrew Thompson , freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Ian FREISLICH In-Reply-To: Message from Andrew Thompson of "Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:28:30 +1200." <20070402092830.GB28809@heff.fud.org.nz> X-Attribution: BOFH Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:43:04 +0200 Message-Id: Cc: Subject: Re: CFT: new trunk(4) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 13:43:41 -0000 Andrew Thompson wrote: > On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 11:17:29AM +0200, Ian FREISLICH wrote: > > Andrew Thompson wrote: > > > Here is a patch to add OpenBSD's trunk(4) interface, and also includes > > > LACP support which came from agr(4) on NetBSD. Im interested in anyone > > > who wants to test this and in particular lacp mode if you have a switch > > > that supports it. > > > > > > http://people.freebsd.org/~thompsa/if_trunk-20070330b.diff > > > > This looks very interesting. I'm busy testing with a switch that > > claims 802.3ad support. > > > > We're making extensive use of vlans to increase the number of > > interfaces availabble to us using switches to break out gigE into > > 100M interfaces. The bandwidth problem we're having is to our > > provider, a 100M connection, and we're looking at doing exactly > > this. However, it appears that this interface can't trunk vlan > > interfaces. > > It sounds like you want it the other way around. The trunk should > be the lowest component in any setup so you should vlan the trunk > interface rather than trunk a vlan. No, I'm sure I want it the way I said. I know it sounds wrong, but I just don't have enough PCI-X slots to waste 2 on physical 100M NICs for the uplink from the routers. Ian -- Ian Freislich