From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 17 14:13:25 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 130951065670; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:13:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Hartmut.Brandt@dlr.de) Received: from smtp4.dlr.de (smtp3.dlr.de [129.247.252.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 605E58FC18; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:13:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from DLREXHUB01.intra.dlr.de ([172.21.152.130]) by smtp4.dlr.de with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:01:19 +0100 Received: from beagle.kn.op.dlr.de (129.247.178.136) by smtp.dlr.de (172.21.152.151) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.1.255.0; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:01:18 +0100 Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:01:20 +0100 From: Harti Brandt X-X-Sender: brandt_h@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de To: Robert Watson In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20101217145756.N2417@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de> References: <20101215230640.K6126@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> X-OpenPGP-Key: harti@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Originating-IP: [129.247.178.136] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 17 Dec 2010 14:01:19.0384 (UTC) FILETIME=[E1113980:01CB9DF2] Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org, "Bjoern A. Zeeb" , freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Future of netnatm: looking for testers X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Harti Brandt List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:13:25 -0000 On Fri, 17 Dec 2010, Robert Watson wrote: RW> RW>On Wed, 15 Dec 2010, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: RW> RW>> I would request two things: RW>> RW>> 1) the extra couple of months; this will not prevent the evitable removal RW>> yet only defer it. RW> RW>Sounds good to me -- my goal is not to remove NETNATM, rather, the remove RW>code that doesn't compile or work. I'm happy to sit on this for a while and RW>see if things improve; fixing the former is great, fixing the latter would be RW>even better :-). RW> RW>(I wonder if Harti is in a situation to test any of this still?) I have the equipment, but catastrophically no time. If there were a developer somewhere around the corner here, I could give him a couple of ATM cards and even a switch. sorry, harti RW>> RW>> 2) If anyone of you is using (or want to be able to (continue to) use) NATM RW>> or can test things, I re-enabled it with most of the code in HEAD and RW>> the patch is available for 8,x as well but need to work with somoene RW>> to make sure it'll really work. I am willing to spend more time on it RW>> if you send me an email. RW>> RW>> Best Regards, RW>> Bjoern RW>> RW>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RW>> > Author: bz RW>> > Date: Wed Dec 15 22:58:45 2010 RW>> > New Revision: 216466 RW>> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/216466 RW>> > RW>> > Log: RW>> > Bring back (most of) NATM to avoid further bitrot after r186119. RW>> > Keep three lines disabled which I am unsure if they had been used at RW>> > all. RW>> > This will allow us to seek testers and possibly bring it all back. RW>> RW>> If you have the ability to test (on 8.x or HEAD) or are using NATM, RW>> please get in contact with me. RW>> RW>> RW>> RW>> > Discussed with: rwatson RW>> > MFC after: 7 weeks RW>> > RW>> > Modified: RW>> > head/sys/conf/NOTES RW>> > head/sys/netinet/if_atm.c RW>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RW>> RW>> -- RW>> Bjoern A. Zeeb Welcome a new stage of life. RW>> Going to jail sucks -- All my daemons like it! RW>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails.html RW>> RW>_______________________________________________ RW>freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list RW>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch RW>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" RW> RW>