Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:06:13 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: picking a new AF_* number for NETLINK ? Message-ID: <20140117130613.GA3760@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <20140116231902.GA51955@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> References: <20140116231902.GA51955@onelab2.iet.unipi.it>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 12:19:02AM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > In porting the kernel openvswitch code to FreeBSD we > have implemented netlink sockets, so we need to pick a > number to use for AF_NETLINK/PF_NETLINK in the messages. > > Obviously we'd like ovs to be loadable as a module on existing > kernels, so i wonder if there are any restrictions on what we > can use -- specifically, whether we should make sure that > > AF_NETLINK < AF_MAX > > or that is irrelevant. I asked this question a couple of month ago to Alfred (who did the reservation stuff) exactly for AF_NETLINK which I planned to implement here is his answer: | You want to take 38. | | The next person should take 40. | | All odds until 133 are allocated for vendors and should not be used by FreeBSD | code. regards, Bapt [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlLZKsUACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EwecQCfQ4imO1QF7wuMETtOOonLx1dz jWQAoI+gVbs4+xIOE6XMCJR1eAGirwPS =/e/W -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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