Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:07:16 +1200 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig Makefile ifconfig.8 iflagg.c iftrunk.c src/share/man/man4 Makefile lagg.4 trunk.4 src/sys/modules Makefile src/sys/modules/if_lagg Makefile src/sys/modules/if_trunk Makefile src/sys/conf NOTES files ... Message-ID: <20070418210716.GB325@heff.fud.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <200704170035.l3H0ZBqE026989@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200704170035.l3H0ZBqE026989@repoman.freebsd.org>
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Please note the following change. trunk was only in HEAD for a week so the few people who tried it out already need to be aware of the name change. Andrew On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 12:35:11AM +0000, Andrew Thompson wrote: > thompsa 2007-04-17 00:35:11 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sbin/ifconfig Makefile ifconfig.8 > share/man/man4 Makefile > sys/modules Makefile > sys/conf NOTES files > sys/sys priv.h > sys/net ieee8023ad_lacp.c ieee8023ad_lacp.h if.c > if_ethersubr.c if_var.h > Added files: > sbin/ifconfig iflagg.c > share/man/man4 lagg.4 > sys/modules/if_lagg Makefile > sys/net if_lagg.c if_lagg.h > Removed files: > sbin/ifconfig iftrunk.c > share/man/man4 trunk.4 > sys/modules/if_trunk Makefile > sys/net if_trunk.c if_trunk.h > Log: > Rename the trunk(4) driver to lagg(4) as it is too similar to vlan trunking. > > The name trunk is misused as the networking term trunk means carrying multiple > VLANs over a single connection. The IEEE standard for link aggregation (802.3 > section 3) does not talk about 'trunk' at all while it is used throughout IEEE > 802.1Q in describing vlans. > > The lagg(4) driver provides link aggregation, failover and fault tolerance. > > Discussed on: current@
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