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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