Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:01:20 +0100 From: Harti Brandt <hartmut.brandt@dlr.de> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org, "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bz@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Future of netnatm: looking for testers Message-ID: <20101217145756.N2417@beagle.kn.op.dlr.de> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1012171235290.39096@fledge.watson.org> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1007282337310.14245@fledge.watson.org> <20101215230640.K6126@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1012171235290.39096@fledge.watson.org>
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2010, Robert Watson wrote: RW> RW>On Wed, 15 Dec 2010, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: RW> RW>> I would request two things: RW>> RW>> 1) the extra couple of months; this will not prevent the evitable removal RW>> yet only defer it. RW> RW>Sounds good to me -- my goal is not to remove NETNATM, rather, the remove RW>code that doesn't compile or work. I'm happy to sit on this for a while and RW>see if things improve; fixing the former is great, fixing the latter would be RW>even better :-). RW> RW>(I wonder if Harti is in a situation to test any of this still?) I have the equipment, but catastrophically no time. If there were a developer somewhere around the corner here, I could give him a couple of ATM cards and even a switch. sorry, harti RW>> RW>> 2) If anyone of you is using (or want to be able to (continue to) use) NATM RW>> or can test things, I re-enabled it with most of the code in HEAD and RW>> the patch is available for 8,x as well but need to work with somoene RW>> to make sure it'll really work. I am willing to spend more time on it RW>> if you send me an email. RW>> RW>> Best Regards, RW>> Bjoern RW>> RW>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RW>> > Author: bz RW>> > Date: Wed Dec 15 22:58:45 2010 RW>> > New Revision: 216466 RW>> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/216466 RW>> > RW>> > Log: RW>> > Bring back (most of) NATM to avoid further bitrot after r186119. RW>> > Keep three lines disabled which I am unsure if they had been used at RW>> > all. RW>> > This will allow us to seek testers and possibly bring it all back. RW>> RW>> If you have the ability to test (on 8.x or HEAD) or are using NATM, RW>> please get in contact with me. RW>> RW>> RW>> RW>> > Discussed with: rwatson RW>> > MFC after: 7 weeks RW>> > RW>> > Modified: RW>> > head/sys/conf/NOTES RW>> > head/sys/netinet/if_atm.c RW>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RW>> RW>> -- RW>> Bjoern A. Zeeb Welcome a new stage of life. RW>> <ks> Going to jail sucks -- <bz> All my daemons like it! RW>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails.html RW>> RW>_______________________________________________ RW>freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list RW>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch RW>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" RW> RW>
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