Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 08:40:40 +0530 From: "Gautham Ganapathy" <xgautham@ti.com> To: "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@pantherdragon.org> Cc: "FreeBSD.org - Hackers" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Inserting a kernel module b/w IP and ethernet Message-ID: <NGBBJAAOCMHHCAAOGNFMAEIKCDAA.xgautham@ti.com> In-Reply-To: <3D0DD0E7.98E90240@pantherdragon.org>
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On Monday, June 17, 2002 5:37 PM, Darren Pilgrim wrote: > > Gautham Ganapathy wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > How can I add an extra layer of processing b/w the IP and > ethernet layers > > using a kernel module ? If I load a module, I should be able to > access the > > functions exported by IP and ethernet. Also, I think the > ethernet layer can > > be configured to use my module as the protocol by patching > ifconfig. Am I > > right so far ? So, how do I get IP to use my module as it's > link layer ? If > > I am wrong, what's the proper way ? Or is there any other > simpler way ? My > > requirement is to add a compression layer (RFC 2507) > > Have you looked at netgraph(4)? > Thanx. i went throught the man page and i think it should be fine. is there a tutorial available that I can download as a zip file ? my net access is rather restricted except for mail. also, is netgraph a new feature? I have started on Richard Stevens' tcpip illus 2 and it does not have anything on netgraph. this book is for 4.4 BSD Lite To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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