Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:46:28 -0500 From: Steve Kiernan <stevek@juniper.net> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Luigi Rizzo <luigi@freebsd.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org>, zec@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [JNPR] Network stack as a module (RFC) Message-ID: <20131118164628.49b6d807@stevek-ubuntu> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-VmokGPUwtJ=gduRwAJ3uSZO4y1k3ZcCLKtBTiuaxxApnxPw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CC6EF6B2.1917A%anshukla@juniper.net> <f1d8693fa83965f0d4a485a2db7e603b@novexsolutions.com> <50F868FF.5060506@networx.ch> <20131115165210.23f82578@stevek-ubuntu> <CAJ-Vmo=gd-bwLxw2LTXEJwY=4mJWxQS-HwGC_gbw-VtSfLBTCg@mail.gmail.com> <20131118142026.500fcba5@stevek-ubuntu> <CAJ-VmokGPUwtJ=gduRwAJ3uSZO4y1k3ZcCLKtBTiuaxxApnxPw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 18 Nov 2013 12:23:41 -0800 Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> wrote: > On 18 November 2013 11:20, Steve Kiernan <stevek@juniper.net> wrote: > > > > > Sure, that's fine with me. I had been considering back and forth about > > whether or not to add NETSTACK to the NIC drivers and the like. > > I went with adding it in for completeness sake, but I'm good with not > > having to add it for drivers. > > ok. let's do that. > > So ideally (!), the aim is to make it so it's both selectable as > buildable _and_ loadable as a module, right? > > The drivers will ideally treat the if/ifnet stuff as opaque as > possible and use methods/macros to access things. > > (if they use methods, then we can turn some of them into macros for > source builds, but have an option to turn them into actual methods > that can be indirected easily enough for what you need.) > > How's that sound? Sounds like a good plan to me. -- Stephen J. Kiernan Juniper Networks, Inc. stevek_at_juniper.net
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