Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:50:38 +0100 From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> To: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: autobridge patch Message-ID: <20060116105038.79212b42.lists@yazzy.org> In-Reply-To: <20060116091605.GB18530@heff.fud.org.nz> References: <20060116091605.GB18530@heff.fud.org.nz>
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On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:16:05 +1300 Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi, Hi Andrew. > I have a patch here that adds the ability to automatically add an > interface to a bridge when its attached. This is aimed towards apps > like qemu or vmware that open a tap interface and need it bridged > with the network adapter, the user can set up a glob for interfaces > to be automatically added (eg tap*). It may also be useful for Xen > dom0 support. > > This patch includes a big change to how interfaces are configured in > userland. Before only physical Ethernet cards were handled by devd, > now _ALL_ interfaces are (vlans, pflog, pfsync, tap, tun, etc..). This > has the added bonus that the pseudo interfaces can be configured after > boottime in rc.conf, ifconfig_xxx="". > > Please test this patch, even if you dont use a bridge. Im not in a > hurry to commit it. Very cool, thanks. Before trying to patch my sources.. Are the patches for CURRENT only or will they also work on 6.0 ? Marcin
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