Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:26:28 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Interface types defined in if_types.h Message-ID: <20000829202628.C90607@daemon.ninth-circle.org> In-Reply-To: <200008150059.RAA26865@bubba.whistle.com>; from archie@whistle.com on Mon, Aug 14, 2000 at 05:59:49PM -0700 References: <00Aug10.081900est.115209@border.alcanet.com.au> <200008150059.RAA26865@bubba.whistle.com>
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[Sorry for the late response, catching up after my vacation still] -On [20000816 17:37], Archie Cobbs (archie@whistle.com) wrote: >Peter Jeremy writes: >> /sys/net/if_types.h describes itself as: >> * Interface types for benefit of parsing media address headers. >> * This list is derived from the SNMP list of ifTypes, currently >> * documented in RFC1573, now maintained as: >> * >> * ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/smi-numbers >> >> The current version of smi-numbers lists 115 ifTypes that don't appear >> in if_types.h (including l2vlan (135) for 802.1q). FreeBSD also >> defines 4 types (IFT_GIF, IFT_PVC, IFT_FAITH and IFT_STF) that don't >> match IANA assignments. > >Hmmm.. we can start by doing the obvious/uncontroversial stuff. >That is, go ahead and import any new and non-conflicting types. This is what I am already doing. I first moved the KAME added types to the end, just like with NetBSD and will add the rest RSN. -- Jeroen Ruigrok vd Werven/Asmodai asmodai@[wxs.nl|bart.nl|freebsd.org] Documentation nutter/C-rated Coder BSD: Technical excellence at its best The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; Abandon hope, all ye who enter here... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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