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Subject: Re: Fwd: bridge interface type
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On 5 March 2012 18:46, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 3/4/12 1:36 PM, hiren panchasara wrote:
>>
>> Is this the correct mailer for such questions?
>
>
> probably net@freebsd.org would be better.
>
> I do not understand why a bridge needs an interface type at all
> it seems a very odd way to implement it to me.. =A0see how ng_bridge is d=
one..
> that makes a lot more sense to me.

The bridge interface type is used in a few places of the network code.
(eg in_arpinput(), in6_ifattach()). It is needed.


Andrew