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To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org>
Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>,
	"Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>,
	Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>,
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Subject: Re: Patches to if_loop + the interface cloning framework 
In-Reply-To: Message from Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> 
   of "Mon, 04 Mar 2002 10:32:42 PST." <20020304103242.A67658@iguana.icir.org> 
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> On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:23:35AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > From a _practical_ standpoint, a loopback interface must be compiled
> > in at this time.  However, that's not what Archie and I are arguing.
> > I'm arguing that since the requirement is not there in theory, we should
> > not be making moves which require it in practice.  The direction I'd like
> 
> speaking of which , would it be reasonable to merge if_disc and if_loop ?
> The former is basically a stripped down version of the latter, so
> it hardly justifies a separate device

It'd also be reasonable to have if_disc create ``discN'' devices... 
``dsN'' doesn't seem... orthogonal :*I

> 	cheers
> 	luigi

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