Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 20:20:31 +1300 From: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, hiren panchasara <hiren.panchasara@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Fwd: bridge interface type Message-ID: <CAFAOGNS6wiz3ZfO6xZLsrwCnjQLZOPYzFFQz25pPk%2B%2BiZwoqww@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F545332.7060305@freebsd.org> References: <CALCpEUGQ-3tci4EXrTA8yroydWxPoUpnH4sxtQn0uti9cP=P1Q@mail.gmail.com> <CALCpEUEgFO_b8r4sA==a1MM4LEvQN5d%2BGxZ7yS-z665yw1q_ag@mail.gmail.com> <4F545332.7060305@freebsd.org>
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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
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