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From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: Proposal for ethernet, bridging, netgraph
In-Reply-To: <200004261019.MAA43188@luxren2.boostworks.com> from Remy Nonnenmacher
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> What about:
> 
> 1) create an ether_input2() that {bpf_tap(), brige(), m_adj();
> ether_input()}
> 2) Call ether_input2() from any simple drivers doing the ripping.
> 3) keep all 'strange' or not-reviewed drivers using the standard
> ether_input()
> 4) carefully move all these drivers needing review to ether_input2()
> 5) merge ether_input2 into ether_input when there will be no more
> driver using the standard ether_input.

which is basically my proposal, with step 5 left to the guys
in northern europe who do all the dirty works :)

	cheers
	luigi


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