Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:25:49 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org> To: Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r194927 - in head: share/man/man4 sys/net Message-ID: <20090625072353.H22887@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <200906251621.22421.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <200906242221.n5OMLVxb032003@svn.freebsd.org> <200906251621.22421.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: >> Author: bz >> Date: Wed Jun 24 22:21:30 2009 >> New Revision: 194927 >> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/194927 >> >> Log: >> Merge from p4: CH154790,154793,154874 >> >> Import if_epair(4), a virtual cross-over Ethernet-like interface >> pair. > > Can't you already do this pretty easily with netgraph? > > ie connect 2 ng_eiface's together. > > Although that said, the ng docs leave a bit to be desired if you want to > actually do it ;) Yes, but this explicitly there to avoid the mandaotry dependency of netgraph for vnets once you are out of physical interfaces. The much I like netgraph for some things the much people like to be able to avoid it, also for simplicitly, if they do neither need nor know it. /bz -- Bjoern A. Zeeb The greatest risk is not taking one.
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