From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 17 19:51:30 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAF6016A41F; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:51:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7254643D49; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:51:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j9HJpUMo010419; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:51:30 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id j9HJpUWN010418; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:51:30 -0700 Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 12:51:30 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: "Cai, Quanqing" Message-ID: <20051017195130.GC15097@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <2b22951e0510141758x1edef8jf7caf2514c336514@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="69pVuxX8awAiJ7fD" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2b22951e0510141758x1edef8jf7caf2514c336514@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, Tai-hwa Liang , freebsd-firewire@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fwe -> fwip in GENERIC? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:51:31 -0000 --69pVuxX8awAiJ7fD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 05:58:38PM -0700, Cai, Quanqing wrote: > Hi guys, >=20 > When I was fixing bug kern/82727: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dkern/82727, I found we use > fwe(Ethernet over FireWire) in GENERIC kernel, not fwip(IP over FireWire). > But we all know that IP over FireWire is more widely used on other OSes, = and > now this bug is fixed, do we need change fwe to fwip? >=20 > I talked it with Tai-hwa Liang, he agrees with me. But he suggests me to > post here for more advices, since there might be some considerations such > like backward compatibility or code size that makes re@ made this decisio= n. >=20 > Please give you advice or opinion. Are they incompatable? If no, just add fwip. If so, can that be fixed? -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --69pVuxX8awAiJ7fD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDVADBXY6L6fI4GtQRAlHWAJ9M1sCnd5LVyPe+YG9561awzvqLmACgqGWB BkMcZ2xlzrY/KNJLRvLUr6w= =5qnA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --69pVuxX8awAiJ7fD--