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Subject: Re: xxconfig for if_bridge
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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
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