Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:35:34 +0300 From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Who is to load dummynet.ko? Message-ID: <20070310153534.GA35834@comp.chem.msu.su>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi folks, Just noticed that neither ipfw(8) nor /etc/rc.d/ipfw cares to load dummynet.ko. It can result in a broken setup when one migrates from a custom monolithic kernel to GENERIC with modules, which is a nice way to reduce support headache today. There are at least two possible ways to deal with the issue. The easy way is to give the task of loading dummynet.ko to /etc/rc.d/ipfw. The problem with it is that the script cannot know in advance if dummynet is really used by the ipfw rules to be loaded. The decision whether to load the module is left to rc.conf(5) in this case. The second way is to move the task of loading modules to ipfw(8). Then it could load ipfw.ko, divert.ko, and dummynet.ko on demand. Comments? -- Yar
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070310153534.GA35834>