Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 01:31:41 +0700 From: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net> To: Farhan Khan <khanzf@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Merge vale-ctl into ifconfig(8) Message-ID: <5AD4EC0D.5090607@grosbein.net> In-Reply-To: <CAFd4kYDxP0eK%2BwdKEZuCYCGq_rvvHvhbRyBPoAuPONTWtVYjxw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFd4kYDxP0eK%2BwdKEZuCYCGq_rvvHvhbRyBPoAuPONTWtVYjxw@mail.gmail.com>
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17.04.2018 1:23, Farhan Khan wrote: > Hi all, > > I am interested in vale(4) and see the vale-ctl > in /usr/src/tools/tools/netmap/vale-ctl.c. Given that it affects interface > cards and creates a virtual switch, is it appropriate to merge vale-ctl's > behavior into ifconfig? From a cursory code review, vale-ctl opens > /dev/netapi whereas ifconfig uses a socket(2). > > Thoughts? Please don't overweight our already bloated ifconfig. Have you considered etherswitch(4) and etherswitchcfg(8)?
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