From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 22 20:06:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F13DD16A41F for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 20:06:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com) Received: from web32709.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web32709.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.207.253]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A0D6F13C45A for ; Tue, 22 May 2007 20:06:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 7747 invoked by uid 60001); 22 May 2007 19:39:37 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-ID; b=yaFqDgGpZlbM/NZ2YEfMW4/2putSLWFyXVvgmn1UFPWXbiwRaANvZQECoFoi3e77xj7JSpVQJGRqUohSNfdtWxo3nSZKsVouZegXuTMJYInDKGuhqDRQiL2pQyXZRj0kPAR85pDdqkKD5HFAimpB9kkWELI0vLe+kImlE/9H0VQ=; X-YMail-OSG: i1NKQxEVM1nfuXKSomDOxmxzDI47nAJVAz73BjokuA7a1463AqvEs13A9nwwPKP3scuwB.38egiUpJSJxerQWRH8SoWVPYfamFSGxHJE_pYcqRxonn.lSi3DR6zeiw-- Received: from [200.118.173.177] by web32709.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 22 May 2007 21:39:37 CEST Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 21:39:37 +0200 (CEST) From: To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Message-ID: <764725.7138.qm@web32709.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 22 May 2007 20:31:05 +0000 Cc: Subject: IP Checksum code from DragonFly BSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 20:06:19 -0000 Hello; Almost a year ago a port of DragonFly's BSD IP checksum code was made: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2006-May/063286.html As part of the thread, Alexander Leidinger's experience while building the kernel with Intel's C was interesting: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2006-May/063434.html My understanding is that if FreeBSD's IP checksumming code one day breaks or doesn't build with a new gcc we will need the patch there ... I hate it when working patches get lost in the mail archives! Perhaps someone with good net-fu would consider studying the patch and commit it, if adequate? cheers, Pedro. ___________________________________ L'email della prossima generazione? Puoi averla con la nuova Yahoo! Mail: http://it.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html