Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:32:42 -0800 From: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>, Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patches to if_loop + the interface cloning framework Message-ID: <20020304103242.A67658@iguana.icir.org> In-Reply-To: <20020304102335.A27553@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0203011122520.12215-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <200203040455.g244tr429559@arch20m.dellroad.org> <20020304101049.D87533@blossom.cjclark.org> <20020304102335.A27553@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:23:35AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: > From a _practical_ standpoint, a loopback interface must be compiled > in at this time. However, that's not what Archie and I are arguing. > I'm arguing that since the requirement is not there in theory, we should > not be making moves which require it in practice. The direction I'd like speaking of which , would it be reasonable to merge if_disc and if_loop ? The former is basically a stripped down version of the latter, so it hardly justifies a separate device cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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