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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>
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Subject: Re: new CARP implementation
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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.