Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:30:29 +0000 From: "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce M Simpson <bms@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_ethersubr.c Message-ID: <45FEE4D5.4020806@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200703191839.l2JIdaLv098604@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200703191839.l2JIdaLv098604@repoman.freebsd.org>
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Bruce M Simpson wrote: > The handling of CARP needs to be revisited architecturally. By this I mean: we could benefit from a more general mechanism used to deal with link-layer addresses other than the hardware station address, perhaps kept in a hash table. Some cards support more than one station address being set up with a perfect hash filter entry; I think fxp supports this. Perhaps Bill Paul knows more? > The M_PROMISC > flag may potentially be demoted to a link-layer flag only as it is in > NetBSD, where the idea originated. > Separate issue, trivial change. BMS
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