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Date:      Sat, 13 Sep 2003 02:24:53 +0200
From:      Marko Zec <zec@tel.fer.hr>
To:        Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: New snapshot: network stack cloning / virtualization patches
Message-ID:  <3F6263D4.D63B74F0@tel.fer.hr>
References:  <200309121505.15651.zec@tel.fer.hr> <20030912133903.GS44087@spc.org>

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Bruce M Simpson wrote:

> Hi Marko,
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 03:05:15PM +0200, Marko Zec wrote:
> > Network stack cloning patches allow for multiple fully independent network
> > stacks to simultaneously coexistst in a single FreeBSD kernel. Combined with
> [snip]
>
> Your work is most interesting. I look forward to using it as a resource
> from which to learn when researching a prospective policy routing
> implementation for the 5.2 line of development, after the locking work
> has been finished.
>
> Have you considered porting your work to 5.x, perhaps as a Perforce project?

Sure, however until now my plans for doing a port to 5.x were blocked due to
ENOTIME|ENOFUN. I guess a good point for starting such efforts would be after 5.2
is released, when the recent changes -CURRENT network stack have settled down a
little bit. I'll be in need for a lot of help and guidance with 5.x specifics
though...
Cheers,

Marko




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