From owner-freebsd-net Thu Apr 20 15:29:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mail-out2.apple.com (mail-out2.apple.com [17.254.0.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CDA437B6BD for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:29:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from justin@rhapture.apple.com) Received: from mailgate2.apple.com (A17-129-100-225.apple.com [17.129.100.225]) by mail-out2.apple.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA22708 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:29:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scv3.apple.com (scv3.apple.com) by mailgate2.apple.com (Content Technologies SMTPRS 2.0.15) with ESMTP id for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:29:17 -0700 Received: from rhapture.apple.com (rhapture.apple.com [17.202.40.59]) by scv3.apple.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA28537 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:29:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from justin@localhost) by rhapture.apple.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id PAA02617 for freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:29:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200004202229.PAA02617@rhapture.apple.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NETGRAPH in GENERIC? In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:29:15 -0700 From: "Justin C. Walker" Reply-To: justin@apple.com X-Mailer: by Apple MailViewer (2.105.dev) Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > From: Garrett Wollman > Date: 2000-04-20 14:24:29 -0700 > To: Robert Watson > Subject: NETGRAPH in GENERIC? > Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG > In-reply-to: > > X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Delivered-to: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > > < said: > > > I was wondering what objections there would be to such a change, and > > whether people think this is a good idea. > > This sounds like a good idea to me. I'm not particularly fond of > Netgraph, personally, but it's a good deal better than the > alternatives. (If cable-modem open access comes about, expect to see > those vendors doing PPPoE as well. Ick.) It's heading your way...if you get cable modem or dsl service in the Bay Area now, at least from the larger providers, you will likely need PPPoE support. It's the wave of the future, at least for right now :-}. Regards, Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large * Institute for General Semantics | Manager, CoreOS Networking | Men are from Earth. Apple Computer, Inc. | Women are from Earth. 2 Infinite Loop | Deal with it. Cupertino, CA 95014 | *-------------------------------------*-------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message