Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 12:17:42 -0500 From: Christopher McGee <chris@xecu.net> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Carp on vlan with em driver Message-ID: <440DC036.3050009@xecu.net> In-Reply-To: <20060306215824.GA1102@cell.sick.ru> References: <440876F1.6050804@xecu.net> <20060304211526.GD3304@comp.chem.msu.su> <440C6A5C.2030003@xecu.net> <20060306184731.GD53752@comp.chem.msu.su> <440C8F7C.6070201@xecu.net> <20060306213415.GA61210@comp.chem.msu.su> <20060306215824.GA1102@cell.sick.ru>
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Gleb Smirnoff wrote: >On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 12:34:16AM +0300, Yar Tikhiy wrote: >Y> > Is this something that will be applied to 5.x - RELEASE at some point? >Y> >Y> 5.5 will be the last RELEASE on the 5.x line, so it's the last >Y> chance now. Alas, I don't feel myself competent enough just to >Y> apply this to RELENG_5 instantly because I haven't really followed >Y> the development of RELENG_5 for quite a while. Let's ask Gleb >Y> Smirnoff if he believes it is OK to make the change in question. >Y> Adding him to Cc:. Gleb, thanks in advance for your valuable >Y> opinion! :-) >Y> >Y> As for my dealing with this issue, I just upgraded my 5.x systems >Y> to 6-STABLE at last. It was completely painless because 5.x and 6.x >Y> didn't differ radically in the system-to-admin interface, such as >Y> configuration files etc. > >CARP will not work correctly on vlan(4) on em(4) in RELENG_5, sorry. >The suggested patch is a hack and can't be accepted, since we >have a clean and nice working solution in RELENG_6. > >I am running RELENG_6 since mid-summer on my routers utilizing CARP >on vlan(4) interface with em(4) as parent. I suggest to upgrade to >RELENG_6, as well as many other developers and users do. Even >5.5-RELEASE release notes suggest to move to RELENG_6. > > > Since 6.x is only a .0 I have been reluctant to make a switch for production machines. The machines that this is required for are redundant firewalls. They have the availability to push a full gigabit, will I run into any throughput problems or any other potential problems with 6.x? Chris
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