Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 00:21:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Paolo Pisati <p.pisati@oltrelinux.com> Cc: FreeBSD_Net <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Reserving a couple of names for custom developed netgraph nodes Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0309060018260.5796-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20030905184554.GA676@southcross.skynet.org>
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2003, Paolo Pisati wrote: > > Like the subjects says, > > I think it would be nice to reserve a couple of names (like > ng_cust1 & ng_cust2) for user developed netgraph nodes (something > like unix did with major&minor numbers of device). > > With a couple of spare nodes it would be possible > to develop and test new netgraph nodes without overwriting already > existing nodes i.e. ng_tee. why ? you can choose any string upto 15 characters why not use ng_paolo1 and ng_paolo2 etc..... I don't see a gain.. > > What do you think about it? I'm not against it but I don't see a need.. nothing has any pre-knowledge of node names.. they are arbitrary strings..... > > -- > Paolo > > Italian FreeBSD User Group: http://www.gufi.org > Join us at GufiCON4 in Pisa: http://www.gufi.org/guficon4/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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