From owner-freebsd-net Tue Jan 2 8: 6:17 2001 From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 2 08:06:16 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from tsunami.waterspout.com (tsunami.waterspout.com [208.13.56.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4166C37B400 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 08:06:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from dustdevil.waterspout.com (tsunami.waterspout.com [208.13.56.11]) by tsunami.waterspout.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA61981 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 11:06:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from csg@dustdevil.waterspout.com) Received: (from csg@localhost) by dustdevil.waterspout.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f02GBAi11919; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 11:11:10 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from csg) Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 11:11:09 -0500 From: "C. Stephen Gunn" To: Wes Peters Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problems with VLAN and natd. Message-ID: <20010102111109.B7610@waterspout.com> References: <200101020501.AAA58976@tsunami.waterspout.com> <3A517429.91B2F251@softweyr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A517429.91B2F251@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 11:24:41PM -0700 Sender: csg@dustdevil.waterspout.com Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 11:24:41PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > > I'm afraid to even contemplate the POLA and backward compatability > > issues involved. > > Why would we need to violate POLA? The obvious default would be to > extend ifconfig to configure the new protocol types, and to assume > EthII framing unless explicitly specified. Well.. It's a change to ifconfig for normal interface configuraton. I also wasn't aware that ifconfig handles netgraph node creation, I thought you (currently) used ngctl or libnetgraph for that. > Perhaps so. If someone does the work to move EthII into netgraph, I can > certainly contribute a SNAP/LLC module, and maybe even extensions to > ifconfig so you can use it. ;^) If we continue to dicuss this, and this is the correct direction to head, I'd volunteer to take a first-pass at the code. - Steve -- C. Stephen Gunn URL: http://www.waterspout.com/ WaterSpout Communications, Inc. Email: csg@waterspout.com 427 North 6th Street Phone: +1 765.742.6628 Lafayette, IN 47901 Fax: +1 765.742.0646 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message