Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:08:26 +0100 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: CARP carpdev Message-ID: <4F3B760A.1060205@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <4F3ADA5E.4060800@barafranca.com> References: <4F3A9237.5080901@barafranca.com> <CAOjFWZ59_ceWjiEWXHG_-rhUHAF571XDL-r0wL_gdiU5qqZgiw@mail.gmail.com> <4F3ADA5E.4060800@barafranca.com>
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On 2/14/12 11:04 PM, Hugo Silva wrote: > On 02/14/12 17:33, Freddie Cash wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Hugo Silva<hugo@barafranca.com> wrote: >>> Looks like there's been conversations about porting this to FreeBSD >>> since at >>> least 2007. >>> >>> Are there any plans to have ifconfig carpdev available in 9.0-STABLE? >> >> CARP support has been redone in 10-CURRENT, removing the whole "carp0" >> pseudo-interface support, and just enabling the CARP protocol on the >> existing network interfaces. This includes the equivalent of "carpdev" >> support. >> >> Search the -current archives for more information, CFT, and so on. >> >> I don't recall seeing anything about specific plans to MFC to >> stable/9, but could be mis-remembering things. >> > > > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=228571 > > The single IP limitation may be a problem in some locations.. > > Did not find anything about a possible MFC either. glebius@ is cc'd, > perhaps he can add something, but based on > http://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/9/UPDATING, I don't think it's been > MFCd (there's a primer for the new carp in current's UPDATING)\ > I think what Gleb meant by "It also allows to run a single redundant IP per interface" is that, like in OpenBSD, you won't need to assign a physical IP address in the same subnet as the CARP IP you want to use, on your system. LEGACY: - 1 physical IP in subnet XY on a physical interface - 1 virtual IP in subnet XY on a carp interface HEAD: - 1 virtual IP in subnet XY on a physical interface Although, you're still allowed to assign a physical IP to suit your needs.
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