From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 8 10:01:47 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6212106564A for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:01:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lstewart@freebsd.org) Received: from lauren.room52.net (lauren.room52.net [210.50.193.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B09D8FC12 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:01:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lstewart@freebsd.org) Received: from lstewart-laptop.caia.swin.edu.au (host86-150-124-14.range86-150.btcentralplus.com [86.150.124.14]) (authenticated bits=0) by lauren.room52.net (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n68A1avL048900 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 8 Jul 2009 20:01:40 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from lstewart@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4A546E73.4050603@freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:01:23 +0100 From: Lawrence Stewart User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090626) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Tonix (Antonio Nati)" References: <4A532938.2020207@interazioni.it> In-Reply-To: <4A532938.2020207@interazioni.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,RCVD_IN_PBL, RDNS_DYNAMIC,SPF_SOFTFAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.2.5 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on lauren.room52.net Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CARP in standard kernel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:01:48 -0000 Tonix (Antonio Nati) wrote: > I saw in the past requests for adding carp in standard kernel. > As of today, is there any chance to have it in kernel, as loadable module? > It would semplify a lot usage of freebsd-ipdate, instead of rebuilduing > a custom kernel each time. See the freebsd-net@ "CARP as a module; followup thoughts" thread for a link to a patch. Cheers, Lawrence