Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:49:22 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@networx.ch> Cc: net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [patch] good bye sockaddr_inarp Message-ID: <20130130114922.GG84981@glebius.int.ru> In-Reply-To: <510907DC.3040900@networx.ch> References: <20130130092544.GA84981@FreeBSD.org> <510907DC.3040900@networx.ch>
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:45:32PM +0100, Andre Oppermann wrote: A> On 30.01.2013 10:25, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: A> > Hello! A> > A> > It looks to me that the only thing the sockaddr_inarp was A> > ever used for is to carry the SIN_PROXY flag. A> > A> > The SIN_PROXY flag in its turn, meant install a "proxy only" A> > ARP entry. Such entry behaves as any "published" entry, but A> > doesn't modify the routing table of the host. A> > A> > Please correct me, if I am wrong in the above ^^. A> A> Proxy arp is used for ppp for example when the remote end is A> given an IP address from a locally connected network. Usually A> the IP address was obtained via DHCP. The ppp server then A> installs a proxy ARP entry for this IP address to receive all A> packets for it and forward them over the PPP link. I understand that, thanks :) This functionality isn't broken by my change. -- Totus tuus, Glebius.
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