Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 11:07:31 +0400 (MSD) From: Andrey Sverdlichenko <blaze@infosec.ru> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: netgraph ethernet module Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008071056210.6111-100000@xen.infosec.ru> In-Reply-To: <200008042300.QAA22438@bubba.whistle.com>
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On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Archie Cobbs wrote: > Andrey Sverdlichenko writes: > > Are there any plans to develop ethernet encapsulation module for netgraph, > > something that can be inserted between ng_iface and ng_ether? > > Not a bad idea.. So, there is no currently work in progress, and i'll start a new one? > But really this should be separate module(s) for each protocol type. [skip] > IPX (0x8137) +---------------+ AppleTalk (0x809B) > ... ---------| ng_ether_mux |--------------- ... > +---------------+ > | > | > +-----------+ > | ng_ether | > +-----------+ Is there a way to get hardware address from ng_ether? ng_ether_mux must fill source address in ethernet header, and AFAIK the only way it can get it now is downstream->peer->node->private->ac_enaddr, which is dirty hack. Possibly a control message should be added to this node type? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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