Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 01:34:02 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, "Eugene L. Vorokov" <vel@bugz.infotecs.ru>, Soren Kristensen <soren@soekris.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why two cards on the same segment... Message-ID: <20010727013402.G17126@canyon.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <3B6055C8.C0B5554D@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 10:39:20AM -0700 References: <200107260837.f6Q8b9K00767@bugz.infotecs.ru> <3B5FDD32.7758EB35@elischer.org> <3B6055C8.C0B5554D@mindspring.com>
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--vJguvTgX93MxBIIe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 10:39:20AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > At a guess, he's attempting to implement VRRP, which requires [...] > Even after crossing that hurdle, FreeBSD will send out the [...] > So short of implementing auxillary MAC programming and virtual > interfaces in FreeBSD, he has to use two cards on the same wire. >=20 > ...not to mention the mess the current FreeBSD ARP code is in, [...] > ...or the mess that the FreeBSD interface code is in, since it [...] =20 > ...or the mess the FreeBSD alias code is in, with it demanding [...] > So, the major reasons for two cards on one segment: to work around > bugs in FreeBSD's networking code. Have you submitted these bugs using send-pr(8)? N --=20 FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.freebsd.org/ FreeBSD Documentation Project http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ --- 15B8 3FFC DDB4 34B0 AA5F 94B7 93A8 0764 2C37 E375 --- --vJguvTgX93MxBIIe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjtgtvkACgkQk6gHZCw343WhrQCgiiLq6NQh53kyXyMcxiZdAbd8 2a0An1Lbdc1x1HLKCur5BH2y3o0uuKNR =kgaQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --vJguvTgX93MxBIIe-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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