Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 10:41:30 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> Cc: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>, Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patches to if_loop + the interface cloning framework Message-ID: <20020304104130.A3499@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20020304103242.A67658@iguana.icir.org>; from rizzo@icir.org on Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:32:42AM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0203011122520.12215-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <200203040455.g244tr429559@arch20m.dellroad.org> <20020304101049.D87533@blossom.cjclark.org> <20020304102335.A27553@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <20020304103242.A67658@iguana.icir.org>
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--GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 10:32:42AM -0800, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > speaking of which , would it be reasonable to merge if_disc and if_loop ? > The former is basically a stripped down version of the latter, so > it hardly justifies a separate device Given that if_disc is not generally used and all of 213 lines (including comments), I'd probably be inclinded to leave it seperate. From a purly theoretical perspective you might want a disc device, but not loop device in some strange networking system. The other things that makes me think we should keep things the same is that if we combined them, we'd have a single, odd, multi-function driver instead of two very simple drivers which would be a lose in terms of allowing new programmers to see a truly minimal network interface. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8g7/aXY6L6fI4GtQRAuB0AJ4k7ckXnNvk3Bdp66hCNEDrgHhK2gCePH0y c/ktQ9Xt4P0OeV7GJuWn/NE= =gXlz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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