From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Dec 27 07:50:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA04656 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 07:50:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA04643 for ; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 07:50:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id HAA17230; Sun, 27 Dec 1998 07:50:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 07:50:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199812271550.HAA17230@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG From: Luigi Rizzo Subject: Re: kern/6668: [PATCH] new driver: Virtual Ethernet driver Reply-To: Luigi Rizzo Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR kern/6668; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Luigi Rizzo To: babkin@bellatlantic.net (Sergey Babkin) Cc: luigi@iet.unipi.it, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/6668: [PATCH] new driver: Virtual Ethernet driver Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 14:38:36 +0100 (MET) > > 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: I actually see one more use for experiments etc because one can slightly modify it to emulate wireless devices and do experiments with them. luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message