Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 14:00:36 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xxconfig for if_bridge Message-ID: <42A0C4F4.8010009@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20050603020140.GA22870@heff.fud.org.nz> References: <20050603020140.GA22870@heff.fud.org.nz>
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what does if_bridge give you that cannot be achieved with ng_bridge+ng_eiface? Well, I guess it has some spanning tree algorythm in it, but it might be as easy to put that in ng_bridge and a lot more flexible, Andrew Thompson wrote: >Hi, > > >The if_bridge code that will soon be committed can be configured using >either brconfig or ifconfig. > >http://people.freebsd.org/~thompsa/ > >Only one tool will be committed and I would like to get opinions on >which one ppl prefer > >brconfig > - new util to /sbin > + same as NetBSD/OpenBSD > - would require new rc.d script and rc.conf keywords > >ifconfig (patched for if_bridge) > + one tool to rule them all > + seamless with rc.conf, ifconfig_bridge0="..." > - diverges from the other BSDs > > >Andrew >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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