From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 23:17:17 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDF4216A46C for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:17:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from mail5out.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C006B13C447 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:17:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by mail5out.barnet.com.au (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BA3082218BCE; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:59:13 +1100 (EST) X-Viruscan-Id: <476067C10000CDD76BEF56@BarNet> Received: from mail5auth.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail5auth.barnet.com.au", Issuer "*.barnet.com.au" (verified OK)) by mail5.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AE5821B1872; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:59:13 +1100 (EST) Received: from k7.mavetju (k7.mavetju.org [10.251.1.18]) by mail5auth.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0C572218BC3; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:59:12 +1100 (EST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A2A55249; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:59:12 +1100 (EST) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:59:12 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Julian Elischer Message-ID: <20071212225912.GB40965@k7.mavetju> References: <476061FD.8050500@elischer.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <476061FD.8050500@elischer.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: FreeBSD Net Subject: Re: bikeshed for all! X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 23:17:18 -0000 On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 02:34:37PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > So, I'm playing with some multiple routing table support.. > the first version is a minimal impact version with very limited > functionality. > It's done that way so I can put it in RELENG_6/7 without breaking ABIs (I > hope). > Later there will be a more flexible version for-current. > > Here's the question.. > > I need a word to use to describe the network view one is currently on.. > e.g. if you are usinghe second routing table, you could say I've set xxx to > 1 I could call it a cloud (e.g. routing cloud). I admit that the people here at work still don't understand it, but that's only a matter of time :-) Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/