Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 14:22:18 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>, Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@freebsd-services.com Subject: Re: Patches to if_loop + the interface cloning framework Message-ID: <200203081422.g28EMIH6060352@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> of "Mon, 04 Mar 2002 10:32:42 PST." <20020304103242.A67658@iguana.icir.org>
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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
It'd also be reasonable to have if_disc create ``discN'' devices...
``dsN'' doesn't seem... orthogonal :*I
> cheers
> luigi
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