From owner-freebsd-net Fri Jul 3 02:13:03 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA17780 for freebsd-net-outgoing; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 02:13:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA17683 for ; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 02:12:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA17513; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:12:32 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id LAA24912; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 11:12:31 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980703111231.42617@follo.net> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 11:12:31 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , Luigi Rizzo Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how about including dummynet in 2.2.7 ? References: <199807030528.HAA13533@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> <7114.899454518@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <7114.899454518@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 01:28:38AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jul 03, 1998 at 01:28:38AM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > So how about including it in the 2.2.7 distribution ? The patches > > I have apply cleanly to 2.2.6, and i can make them work on stable > > with relative ease. > > New features are generally discouraged in the -stable branch, but of > course all things are also relative. The biggest reason that new > features are discouraged is because they tend to perturb the system in > ways that make it very hard to ascertain whether it's still "stable" > anymore. If your proposed changes have a very low impact on the rest > of the networking subsystem, low enough that you feel very confident > about the stability of the resulting system, let's talk some more > about it. The only problem I can see with Luigi's changes is I believe that they will screw the ipfw interface again (right, Luigi?) We've screwed the ipfw interface before, though... Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message