Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2000 09:30:13 -0700 (PDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG> To: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /sys hierarchy Message-ID: <200007051630.JAA43538@john.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <200007051227.IAA81038@whizzo.transsys.com>
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On 05-Jul-00 Louis A. Mamakos wrote:
>
>> Here is my proposal, adjusted a little as per suggestions. It attempts to
>> follow these loose guidelines:
>
> ...
>
>> net/ - move existing contents to net/base or something
>> similar
>> atalk/ - formerly sys/netatalk
>> atm/ - formerly sys/netatm
>> netgraph/ - formerly sys/netgraph
>> ip/ - IPv4, IPv6, and IPsec bits from sys/netinet{,6}
>> tcp/ - TCP " " " "
>> udp/ - UDP " " " "
>> ipx/ - formerly sys/netipx
>> key/ - formerly sys/netkey
>> natm/ - formerly sys/netnatm
>> ncp/ - formerly sys/netncp
>> ns/ - formerly sus/netns
>
>> Notes:
>> - There has been one vote so far to ditch the whole net/ reorg, although
>> other people have expressed support for it.
>
> Please take this as another vote to ditch the whole net/ reorg.
>
> It's interesting that as this discussion is going on,the KAME folks are
> merging the new IPv6 and IPSEC code into -current and comment that our
> network code is much more different that the other BSD's. I'd hate to
> see it diverge further unless there's a real compelling reason.
The KAME integration is a primary reason why I am becoming more
reluctant to reorganize net/, or possibly postpone it until that work
is done. Another guideline that lines up with our existing code might
be to require all networking modules to use a directory matching
the regex 'net.*'. I'm planning on doing this in stages anyway, and
net/ would probably be the last stage if it is done, but I need to
discuss this with Peter first. :)
> louie
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