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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:06:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To: Gautham Ganapathy <gauthamg123list@myrealbox.com>
Cc: "FreeBSD.org - Hackers" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: Inserting a kernel module b/w IP and ethernet
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use netgraph to instantiate another layer using teh ng interface type and
feeding the result to teh actual ethernet.


On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Gautham Ganapathy wrote:

> Hi
> 
> How can I add an extra layer of processing b/w the IP and ethernet layers
> using a kernel module ? If I load a module, I should be able to access the
> functions exported by IP and ethernet. Also, I think the ethernet layer can
> be configured to use my module as the protocol by patching ifconfig. Am I
> right so far ? So, how do I get IP to use my module as it's link layer ? If
> I am wrong, what's the proper way ? Or is there any other simpler way ? My
> requirement is to add a compression layer (RFC 2507)
> 
> Regards
> Gautham


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