Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 13:03:05 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <robert@cyrus.watson.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netgraph new version Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990126130127.27150A-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.990121135435.12406D-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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Julian-- This all sounds great to me. I was wondering if you had had a chance to test performance changes as a result of the structural changes? I have not had a chance to look at the implementation, but I look forward to the chance :). On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Julian Elischer wrote: > A prerelease version is available at: > The release version is waiting for 'make world' to work again, so > We can do our last tests on it. This is substantially production quality > code, as we have spent a week cleaning and preening. > > ftp://ftp.whistle.com/pub/archie/misc/netgraph.tgz > > This file includes a USEFUL README file, a tar file of new files and a > patch file to change existing files.. (including a patch to netstat to > allow it to report netgraph 'socket' nodes.) > > Man pages for all the node types > > patches to if_sr.c and if_ar.c compile cleanly and give examples of how a > sync card should be interfaced.. (if_ar.c is easier to understand) (these > cannot be tested as we don't have those cards, but the netgraph code has > been tested with our own proprietary card) > > All nodes except the sync cards can be loaded as KLD modules > however to compile the sync cards in you also need the base netgraph > module in the kernel. > > requires newest version of uipc_domain.c and domian.h > > If you want to test it without the sync cards, you can load the whole > thing into a new kernel as modules and try it from there. > > You should read the man pages: > netgraph(4) > ng_socket > netgraph(3) > ngctl(8) > nghook(8) > ng_{other tyes} > > probably in that order > > The following modules are supplied: > base - the base framework. > UI - simple node t add/strip "Un-numbered Information" header (0x03) > async - do rfc 1662 framing/unframing on a packet > cisco - 'cisco' hdlc framing and protocol. > echo - echoes packets back at sender > hole - blackhole (discard device) > iface - netgraph node on one side, regular interface on the other > rfc1490 - rfc1490 frame-relay protocol encapsulation > lmi - frame relay link management protocol handler. > frame-relay - frame-relay channel multiplexor/demultiplexor > socket - netgraph node on one side, socket on the other > tee - assist debugging by tapping a link > tty - netgraph node on one side, tty line disciplin on the other. > > plus: > if_sr.c, if_ar.c patches to make these netgraph capable. > > ppp - unfinished ppp node > vjc - unfinished van-jacobson compression node > > patches are also available for mpd to allow mpd to run multilink ppp > into a netgraph socket. (not supplied) > > Netgraph is designed to allow quick development of production quality > modules that can be re-used in such environments as ATM, fram-relay, ppp, > async-ppp, ISDN. > > Each module knows how to do ONE thing. you hook them together to do more. > > julian > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > Robert N Watson robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ PGP key fingerprint: 03 01 DD 8E 15 67 48 73 25 6D 10 FC EC 68 C1 1C Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ TIS Labs at Network Associates, Inc. http://www.tis.com/ SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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