From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 14 15:58:13 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D42D0106578A for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:58:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oberman@es.net) Received: from mailgw.es.net (mail4.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:6000:6::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 875128FC23 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:58:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:910::29]) by mailgw.es.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8EFw8je014757 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:58:11 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id 5ED7B1CC37 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:58:07 -0700 (PDT) To: emulation@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:58:07 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20090914155807.5ED7B1CC37@ptavv.es.net> X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5, 1.2.40, 4.0.166 definitions=2009-09-11_12:2009-09-01, 2009-09-11, 2009-09-12 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-0909140077 Cc: Subject: New network capabilities? X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:58:13 -0000 I see that the new port of VB seems to have added a couple of kernel modules that are probably network related: vboxnetadp.ko and vboxnetflt.ko. Do these provide new networking options? I have seen quite a bit of discussion of new network code on this list, but I am not sure exactly what they cover or how to use them and I don't see much on the wiki, but it looks like TAP is now available. Any clues for the clueless? -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751