Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 07:50:00 -0800 (PST) From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kern/6668: [PATCH] new driver: Virtual Ethernet driver Message-ID: <199812271550.HAA17222@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/6668; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@bellatlantic.net> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@iet.unipi.it> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/6668: [PATCH] new driver: Virtual Ethernet driver Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 10:46:08 -0500 Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > Re. phk request for explaination: i think the "loe" driver > is the level-2 equivalent of the loopback driver. So it > probably has its reasons to exist. Yes. It is doing loopback on the Ethernet level, and also provides multiple interfaces connected to the same virtual Ethernet bus. I see 2 reasons for it to exist: 1. For development and debugging, to simulate Ethernet on a networkless machine. 2. For the network code of the emulators. I wrote the support for pcemu and Mike Smith has included it into his updated version of pcemu, but this version was never released, as Mike says, because Bochs (i'm not sure about spelling) became available. -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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