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Date:      Fri, 14 Oct 2011 22:02:05 +0400
From:      Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andre Oppermann <andre@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        net@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: new CARP implementation
Message-ID:  <20111014180205.GG94905@glebius.int.ru>
In-Reply-To: <4E9874C5.8070309@freebsd.org>
References:  <20110810160526.GO43567@FreeBSD.org> <20111013160216.GU94905@glebius.int.ru> <4E9874C5.8070309@freebsd.org>

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On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 07:43:33PM +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote:
A> On 13.10.2011 18:02, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
A> >    Hello networkers,
A> >
A> >    I've updated patch&  README here:
A> >
A> >    http://people.freebsd.org/~glebius/newcarp/
A> >
A> >    Going to commit it to head/ soon. Then I'd like to make
A> > a run through carp-related PRs, update documentation, settle
A> > things a bit... and then make more hacking to restore the
A> > arpbalance feature, as well as bring in ipbalance feature.
A> 
A> Excellent! Great work. Looks good.
A> 
A> One minor nit: Carp is directly enabled by specifying the vhid.
A> Would it be possible to introduce the keyword "carp" and "-carp"
A> to actually enable/disable an interface for carp?

We could add additional interface flag, but I don't see point in
enabling/disabling CARP per-interface.

btw, you can configure a VHID and don't attach any addresses
to it.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.



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