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From: Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>
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Subject: Re: call for testers: port aggregation netgraph module
In-Reply-To: <20010208212509.E8D7D37B6AA@hub.freebsd.org> "from Bill Paul at
 Feb 8, 2001 01:25:09 pm"
To: Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 18:17:44 -0800 (PST)
Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, net@FreeBSD.ORG
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Bill Paul writes:
> http://www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/FEC/4.x/fec.tar.gz
> http://www.freebsd.org/~wpaul/FEC/5.x/fec.tar.gz
> 
> This is a call for testers for a netgraph module that can be used to
> aggregate 2 or 4 ethernet interfaces into a single interface. Basically,
> it lets you do things like the following:
> 
> # kldload ./ng_fec.ko
> # ngctl mkpeer fec dummy fec
> # ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"dc0"'
> # ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"dc1"'
> # ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"dc2"'
> # ngctl msg fec0: add_iface '"dc3"'
> # ngctl msg fec0: set_mode_inet

Bill,

Just curious.. did you consider adding this functionality to the
ng_one2many(4) node type?

I suppose the ifmedia would have to be done more indirectly, eg., by
adding a new control message supporting it to ng_ether(4).

-Archie

__________________________________________________________________________
Archie Cobbs     *     Packet Design     *     http://www.packetdesign.com


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