From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 12 21:12:58 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 565AF10657CD for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:12:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidch@broadcom.com) Received: from MMS3.broadcom.com (mms3.broadcom.com [216.31.210.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E6878FC1B for ; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:12:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from davidch@broadcom.com) Received: from [10.11.16.99] by MMS3.broadcom.com with ESMTP (Broadcom SMTP Relay (Email Firewall v6.3.2)); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:58:28 -0700 X-Server-Uuid: B55A25B1-5D7D-41F8-BC53-C57E7AD3C201 Received: by mail-irva-10.broadcom.com (Postfix, from userid 47) id 956A22B1; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:58:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-irva-8.broadcom.com (mail-irva-8 [10.11.18.52]) by mail-irva-10.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D17D2B0; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:58:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-irva-13.broadcom.com (mail-irva-13.broadcom.com [10.11.16.103]) by mail-irva-8.broadcom.com (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id GYB48750; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:58:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from NT-IRVA-0752.brcm.ad.broadcom.com (nt-irva-0752 [10.8.194.67]) by mail-irva-13.broadcom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE4E874D00; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:58:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from IRVEXCHHUB02.corp.ad.broadcom.com ([10.9.200.133]) by NT-IRVA-0752.brcm.ad.broadcom.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:58:19 -0700 Received: from IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com ([10.9.200.129]) by IRVEXCHHUB02.corp.ad.broadcom.com ([10.9.200.133]) with mapi; Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:59:02 -0700 From: "David Christensen" To: "Jack Vogel" , "CZUCZY Gergely" Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:58:53 -0700 Thread-Topic: Vlan EVENT patch Thread-Index: AcjMrqbpMDYx72efRGqdh5LUyPIdYAAIBpOA Message-ID: <5D267A3F22FD854F8F48B3D2B523819324F0D70877@IRVEXCHCCR01.corp.ad.broadcom.com> References: <2a41acea0806100951x1142edc6qc872d3810c2bd467@mail.gmail.com> <20080611073313.GF3529@cdnetworks.co.kr> <2a41acea0806110952n2851415dyf3b3213249779bf1@mail.gmail.com> <20080612000943.GA7250@cdnetworks.co.kr> <48508708.50903@errno.com> <2a41acea0806112048g60084f72o4391701ba242442@mail.gmail.com> <20080612040452.GE7250@cdnetworks.co.kr> <20080612092621.61b44529@twoflower.in.publishing.hu> <2a41acea0806121006r23936007x5acf1fa9e302a94d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <2a41acea0806121006r23936007x5acf1fa9e302a94d@mail.gmail.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US acceptlanguage: en-US MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Jun 2008 20:58:19.0591 (UTC) FILETIME=[0B0F5570:01C8CCCF] X-WSS-ID: 644F527E63S62855494-01-01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "pyunyh@gmail.com" , "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" Subject: RE: Vlan EVENT patch X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:12:58 -0000 > > So, it won't hurt if it shows up in ifconfig, and it can be > controlled, but > > definitely helps our job, the administrators'. > > OK, if people feel strongly about this, and someone wants to implement > the > code in ifconfig I'll go along with it. I believe there are some valid reasons when you consider virtualization with Xen where you need to pass VLAN tags to the hypervisor. Not sure if Xen is running on FreeBSD yet but I can definitely see the need. dave