Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:35:30 -0800 From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> To: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> Cc: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: My planned work on networking stack Message-ID: <20040302163531.6AC5443D31@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <4043B6BA.B847F081@freebsd.org> <200403011507.52238.wes@softweyr.com> <20040302031625.GA4061@scylla.towardex.com> <20040302042957.GH3841@saboteur.dek.spc.org> <20040302082625.GE22985@cell.sick.ru> <p0600200ebc6a27773c31@[10.0.1.3]> <4044A138.F444D224@freebsd.org> <p0600201ebc6a55f521b0@[10.0.1.3]>
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>> You need GigE, T1/E1, E3/T3 and STM-1 these days. Everything >> else is dead. > From what I understand from Henning, he's going to be dumping > E-1/T-1, E3-T3, and probably also STM-1, because you can't get > those kinds of interfaces for regular PC-type boxes. I'm not > sure I agree with him 100%, but I can certainly understand why > he'd want to simplify his life. i am confused. just as the fib is quite separate from the rib(s), are not the device drivers quite separate from the routing engine(s)? as far as routing and forwarding go, the data should have been un-framed from the particular layer1/2 encaps, and be simple ip packets (except in the case of is-is). randy
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