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Date:      Sat, 10 Mar 2001 16:17:43 -0500
From:      Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
To:        "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>, wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, net@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: call for testers: port aggregation netgraph module 
Message-ID:  <5.0.0.25.0.20010310161340.01fda9a0@mail.etinc.com>
In-Reply-To: <200103102042.f2AKgjC03194@aslan.scsiguy.com>
References:  <Your message of "Thu, 08 Feb 2001 13:25:09 PST." <20010208212509.E8D7D37B6AA@hub.freebsd.org>

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At 03:42 PM 03/10/2001, Justin T. Gibbs wrote:
> >Each link is checked once every second to see if the link is still up.
> >An attempt to send a packet over a dead link will cause the packet to
> >be shifted over to the next link in the bundle.
>
>Any chance this can be done through an async event rather
>than by polling?

I've been meaning to ask about this...is there a reason that ethernet 
drivers dont call if_up and if_down like serial drivers on cable events?

This is needed for load balancing so that the UP flag can be used instead 
of polling or an event. Of course a polling protocol is needed also.

Dennis


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