Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 18:39:03 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Johan_Str=F6m?= <johan@stromnet.se> Cc: freebsd-jail@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7 and multiple IP (mijail-patch in 6.x) Message-ID: <20080403183522.X66744@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <ED57A3F4-F6A3-412C-BF04-17ECC1091781@stromnet.se>
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Johan Ström wrote: Hi, > I got a machine running 6.2 right now, which is being replaced. And since SMP > performance is much better on 7.x I'd like to go with 7.0 (and many ppl have > indeed verified that it works good on this box, HP DL360 G5)... > But, now when I start to setup the machine, I recalled that i've patched the > 6.2 box with the freebsd mijail patch > (http://www.digitaldaemon.com/FreeBSD/FreeBSD/FreeBSD_6.2-STABLE-mijail.patch). > However, I cannot find anywhere about FreeBSD 7 and a similar patch. A quick > look at the patch vs the 7.x source tells me it won't apply cleanly, but from > what I've seen quickly, it could maybe be done. The differences I've seen > doesn't look too advanced, but then again, I'm not a kernel developer... > > So, I'd like to know if anyone considered this on 7.x, or if anyone can tell > me immediately that this wont work or will be LOTS of work, or just some > patch line adjusting? Ie, how big are the changes from 6.x to 7.x in these > sections? I had planned to have a patch for multiv4/v6 jails last month but it's not yet publicly available. I have sent it off to some people for review. In case the above is a successor of pjd's multi-ip v4 jail patch I can give you a plain forward port to a FreeBSD 7 system (which might have possible locking issues I have never experienced). All depends on how quickly you need it. /bz -- Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT Software is harder than hardware so better get it right the first time.home | help
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