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Date:      Sun, 7 Oct 2012 12:57:42 +1300
From:      Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sysctl-controlled key-value store ?
Message-ID:  <CAFAOGNQEAJFD2YJyRFDCzW=XMJymznW3MMdmCabbCqTjobAU-g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20121006172834.GB63649@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
References:  <20121006172834.GB63649@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>

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On 7 October 2012 06:28, Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> wrote:
> Hi,
> in order to control some netmap feature (namely, which interfaces
> are attached to VALE switches), i would considering the use of
> a sysctl interface triggering a sysctl-proc, something of the form
>
>         dev.netmap.switch.xyz=em0 ix1
>         dev.netmap.switch.foo=ix2 re0

Is it possible to use ifconfig? If a VALE switch was a pseudo
interface and you added real interfaces to it then it would be
consistent with the current networking fu.


Andrew



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