Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 20:37:39 -0800 From: Chris <bsd-lists@BSDforge.com> To: Sean Yeh <sean.yeh117@gmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-pf@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ALTQ feature of PF in FreeBSD Message-ID: <1bb2143ad2233dcd646ed1b25a780928@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CAOeSqSeMo-rNtoh=Ym5M_MvwsfO1ovxEr5ULg=GxRhkE3KbE6Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:35:23 -0800 Sean Yeh sean.yeh117@gmail.com said > Hi FreeBSD-pf members, > > I hope you guys are enjoying your weekend! > > I was wondering if any of you happened to know if the code for the ALTQ > feature of pf could be separated and used for NetBSD's pf function. I'm > currently investigating methods to improve NetBSD's ALTQ feature, which > hasn't been updated in 15+ years: > https://wiki.netbsd.org/projects/project/altq/ > > According to the man pages of freeBSD's pf function, FreeBSD uses a > modified pf of openBSD 4.5 pf function. Are there any complications that > you foresee trying to port FreeBSD's current ALTQ code into NetBSD? In all honesty. If you have to ask. You will likely find it challenging. ;) ;) But *please* don't let that discourage you! If you're a kernel hacker, and or have a good eye for patterns. You should be able to find the similarities by different names to match them up. But that doesn't mean that in the end it'll work. I haven't personally made any comparisons. I'm only familiar with the FreeBSD variety. My 2ยข FWIW :) --Chris FreeBSD 14.0-FUTURE #0.000 cray256 > > Thank you for all your help, > > Sean > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-pf@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-pf > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-pf-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"home | help
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