From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 28 22:22:38 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB08316A468 for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:22:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Received: from lariat.net (lariat.net [66.119.58.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F12613C49D for ; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:22:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brett@lariat.net) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA01991 for stable@freebsd.org; Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:22:34 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:22:34 -0600 (MDT) From: Brett Glass Message-Id: <200710282222.QAA01991@lariat.net> To: stable@freebsd.org Cc: Subject: MFC requests for 6.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:22:38 -0000 I would like to request that some useful work on networking be MFCed from -CURRENT to -STABLE in time for the release of FreeBSD 6.3. In particular, I'd like to see some of the Netgraph nodes which are new or which have seen extensive development brought in -- ng_nat and ng_car in particular. Bringing in the latest version of ng_nat would allow more flexible in-kernel NAT, while ng_car (which doesn't seem to be in 6-STABLE at all) would allow burstable traffic shaping -- something that DUMMYNET doesn't have. The latest version of mpd wouldn't be fully usable unless these and other Netgraph code that was developed for it are there.... --Brett Glass