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Date:      Tue, 27 Feb 2001 07:12:15 -0800
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Patrick O'Reilly <patrick@mip.co.za>
Cc:        Michael Solan <solan@ffnet.com>, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: dummynet as modules
Message-ID:  <3A9BC3CF.4A911C0D@elischer.org>
References:  <NDBBIMKICMDGDMNOOCAIMEGFCDAA.patrick@mip.co.za>

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Patrick O'Reilly wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> 
> I hope I am not barking up the wrong tree here, but my understanding is that
> ipfw selects packets to forward to dummynet.  This would make it illogical
> (and hence probably impossible) to run dummynet without having ipfw running
> correctly.
> 
> The man page for 'dummynet' says:
>      In its current implementation, packet selection is done with the ipfw
>      program, by means of ``pipe'' rules.
> 
> I think you will have to go about this the hard way.....
> 
> Regards,
> Patrick O'Reilly
> ---
> "I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with
> sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use." --
> Galileo Galilei
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Michael Solan
> Sent: 24 February 2001 04:56
> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: dummynet as modules
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> How do I compile a a kernel without ipfw, and a ipfw.ko module with
> dummynet support?
> I have to add some features to the dummynet code, so instead of
> rebooting every 5 mins I figured kldloading it would save me some time.
> 
> I tried several combinations like 'options DUMMYNET' but no 'options
> IPFIREWALL', even defined DUMMYNET in the modules/ipfw/Makefile but it
> all resulted in undefined symbols when either building or kldloading...
> 
> Any ideas?


make a combined ipfw+dummynet module (include both sets of files in the same
module

> 
> Michael Solan
> 
>  -- New to FreeBSD and less confused than a hamster on FreeBase --
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