Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:02:54 -0700
From:      Stuart Eichert <seichert@coopcomp.com>
To:        net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Network Kernel Extensions in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <20010711160254.A74410@gourdy.coopcomp.com>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I have been reading about Network Kernel Extensions for Mac OS X.

http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Kernel/General/KernelEnvironment/NetworkingFolder/Networking___Extensions.html

It seems that Network Kernel Extensions (NKEs) would allow me to dynamically
add entire protocol stacks to Mac OS X via kernel modules.  NKEs allow me
to insert these extensions at various stages of protocol processing, from
ethernet processing all the way to the socket layer.  

After reading about Network Kernel Extensions I was wondering if there is
an effort to bring this functionality to FreeBSD.  I am aware of netgraph,
but I feel that it would be beneficial if a developer could write a series of
NKEs one time and then compile modules for both Mac OS X and FreeBSD.

-- 
------------
Stuart Eichert
Cooperative Computers, Inc.
seichert@coopcomp.com



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010711160254.A74410>