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Date:      Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:02:59 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de>
Cc:        ianf@clue.co.za, brooks@freebsd.org, brueffer@freebsd.org, peterjeremy@optushome.com.au, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, thompsa@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CFT: new trunk(4)
Message-ID:  <20070413210259.GC11092@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <200704131526.l3DFQxf0041914@lurza.secnetix.de>
References:  <20070413142416.GB4558@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> <200704131526.l3DFQxf0041914@lurza.secnetix.de>

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In the last episode (Apr 13), Oliver Fromme said:
> Christian Brueffer wrote:
>  > Andrew Thompson wrote:
>  > > I can see this topic coming up again so it could save some time
>  > > to rename the driver now. It would mean that we lose the naming
>  > > link to the same driver in OpenBSD but you cant win em all.
>  > > 
>  > > Some names that have been suggested are:
>  > > 
>  > > linkag(4)
>  > > agr(4)
>  > > bond(4)   <- same as linux
>  > 
>  > agr(4) as I understand it sounds very restrictive to me
>  > considering the different modes trunk(4) supports.  I'd prefer
>  > bond(4) (also a great opportunaty to add some 007 jokes to the
>  > manpage :-P).
> 
> Personally I also prefer bond(4).  However, _if_ you choose agr(4),
> please spell it correctly as aggr(4) ("aggregation").

Solaris calls its device aggr(4), btw.
 
-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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