From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 24 13:28:27 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1531916A41F for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:28:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rizzo@icir.org) Received: from xorpc.icir.org (xorpc.icir.org [192.150.187.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB73C43D4C for ; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:28:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rizzo@icir.org) Received: from xorpc.icir.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xorpc.icir.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j8ODSQcW051563; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 06:28:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rizzo@xorpc.icir.org) Received: (from rizzo@localhost) by xorpc.icir.org (8.12.11/8.12.3/Submit) id j8ODSQsA051562; Sat, 24 Sep 2005 06:28:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rizzo) Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 06:28:26 -0700 From: Luigi Rizzo To: Max Laier Message-ID: <20050924062826.F50725@xorpc.icir.org> References: <200509241525.16173.max@love2party.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200509241525.16173.max@love2party.net>; from max@love2party.net on Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 03:25:06PM +0200 Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bridges X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:28:27 -0000 i am happy with retiring net/bridge.c in HEAD. cheers luigi On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 03:25:06PM +0200, Max Laier wrote: > All, > > for some time now, we have three bridge implementations in the tree: > - net/bridge.c - the "old" bridge > - net/if_bridge.c - the "new" bridge from Net/OpenBSD > - netgraph/ng_bridge.c - the netgraph version [1] > > The new code has several advantages over the old version: > - Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1D) > - better firewall support (IPv6, stateful filtering, ...) > - easy ifconfig(8) configuration > > while keeping all the functionality that was present in the old code: > - dummynet support > - IPFW L2 support [2] > > There have been some benchmarks that suggest that there isn't a performance > issue either, but more numbers are always appreciated. If it turns out that > there is any remaining problem with if_bridge we need to fix it. If you are > running an old bridge on 6.0-BETA try moving to the new code and let us know. > > This means the old code is obsolete. In order to keep code duplication down > and not hinder further development (Andre is working on an overhaul of [2] > and would have to do it twice, for example) I would like to retire the old > bridge code soon. This should happen in HEAD only and thus the old bridge > will stay for all of FreeBSD 6 unless more aggressive depreciation is > requested. > > Please test the new alternative if you are using the old one still. Let us > know if there are any issues remaining. > > Objections against soon retirement of bridge.c in HEAD? > > [1] listed for completeness only. > > -- > /"\ Best regards, | mlaier@freebsd.org > \ / Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 > X http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | mlaier@EFnet > / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News