Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:22:23 +0200 From: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> To: Doug Ambrisko <ambrisko@ambrisko.com> Cc: ambrisko@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Marko Zec <zec@icir.org>, releng@freebsd.org, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@icir.org> Subject: Re: Vimage virtual networking and 7.0 Message-ID: <4681211F.2030607@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200706252220.l5PMKVEX088397@ambrisko.com> References: <200706252220.l5PMKVEX088397@ambrisko.com>
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Doug Ambrisko wrote: > Bruce M. Simpson writes: > [snip] > | My concern is that vimage may be a very intrusive change indeed where > | these matters are concerned, unless the vimage patches are being kept > | up-to-date and regression tested as issues are resolved and new features > | added. > > Just like it was mostly working in 4.X then never worked with 5.X & 6.X > and now it sounds like it is working in 7.X but will it be working in > 8.X etc? That's a lot of effort he is putting in to keep going dead. > Note this comment is based on out-side observation. I know a few people > that used it in 4.X. I played with it bit. Yes, it would help IronPort. > I'd rather not have to keep merging it. I'm not involved in with the > FreeBSD network folks to know the scope and the missing bits. IronPort > might be able to help somewhat to accelerate it. IMHO it's too late to fit it into 7.x in a sane and non-bitrotting way. It should have gone in right after BSDCan at latest. The window has closed. -- Andre
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