Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 18:39:03 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Johan_Str=F6m?= <johan@stromnet.se> Cc: freebsd-jail@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 and multiple IP (mijail-patch in 6.x) Message-ID: <20080403183522.X66744@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <ED57A3F4-F6A3-412C-BF04-17ECC1091781@stromnet.se> References: <ED57A3F4-F6A3-412C-BF04-17ECC1091781@stromnet.se>
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This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-2274503-1207247943=:66744 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Johan Str=F6m wrote: Hi, > I got a machine running 6.2 right now, which is being replaced. And since= SMP=20 > performance is much better on 7.x I'd like to go with 7.0 (and many ppl h= ave=20 > indeed verified that it works good on this box, HP DL360 G5)... > But, now when I start to setup the machine, I recalled that i've patched = the=20 > 6.2 box with the freebsd mijail patch=20 > (http://www.digitaldaemon.com/FreeBSD/FreeBSD/FreeBSD_6.2-STABLE-mijail.p= atch). > However, I cannot find anywhere about FreeBSD 7 and a similar patch. A qu= ick=20 > look at the patch vs the 7.x source tells me it won't apply cleanly, but = from=20 > what I've seen quickly, it could maybe be done. The differences I've seen= =20 > doesn't look too advanced, but then again, I'm not a kernel developer... > > So, I'd like to know if anyone considered this on 7.x, or if anyone can t= ell=20 > me immediately that this wont work or will be LOTS of work, or just some= =20 > patch line adjusting? Ie, how big are the changes from 6.x to 7.x in thes= e=20 > sections? I had planned to have a patch for multiv4/v6 jails last month but it's not yet publicly available. I have sent it off to some people for review. In case the above is a successor of pjd's multi-ip v4 jail patch I can give you a plain forward port to a FreeBSD 7 system (which might have possible locking issues I have never experienced). All depends on how quickly you need it. /bz --=20 Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT Software is harder than hardware so better get it right the first time. --0-2274503-1207247943=:66744--
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