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From: Andrew Thompson <andy@fud.org.nz>
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Subject: Re: RFC: ported NetBSD if_bridge
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On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 08:55:49AM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 03:57:58PM +1200, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > 
> > I have ported over the bridging code from NetBSD and am looking for feedback.
> > My main question is, 'do people want this in the tree?'
> > 
> > 
> > The benefits over the current bridge are:
> >  * ability to manage the bridge table
> >  * spanning tree support
> >  * the snazzy brconfig utility
> >  * clonable pseudo-interface (is that a benefit?)
> > 
> What advantages does it offer compared to the ng_bridge(4) functionality?
> 

I didnt know about that one, I guess the main advantage is that all three
*BSDs would have the same code and interface. While I imported it from NetBSD,
it originated in OpenBSD. Thats assuming anyone cares about that sort of
thing.


Andrew