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Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 12:49:19 +0400
From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To: Steve Kiernan <stevek@juniper.net>
Subject: Re: [JNPR] Network stack as a module (RFC)
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  Steve,

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 04:52:10PM -0500, Steve Kiernan wrote:
S> This is a follow up to the request sent back in January titled "Proposal for changes to network device drivers and network stack".
S> 
S> In order to make it easier to review, we will be submitting pieces to be contributed in logical blocks.
S> 
S> Please review the following patch and provide feedback:
S> http://people.freebsd.org/~marcel/Juniper/201311/netstack-option.diff
S> 
S> The details of this patch are as follows (and what is suggested for the commit log):
S> 
S> Add a NETSTACK option to facilitate separating network stack pieces from the
S> rest of the OS core. This is the first step towards having the network stack
S> as a module.

You probably mean "having the network stack optional", since under module we
usually mean loadable kernel module.

I have reviewed the patch and I don't have any strong objections against.

However, I'd ask you to delay the check in until 10.0-RELEASE is out. The head
diverging strongly from the stable/10 can hurt release process, we need bug to
bug compatibility for next month. :)

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