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From: "Rogier R. Mulhuijzen" <drwilco@drwilco.net>
Subject: Is anybody working on bridging code & a question for -arch on
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1) Is anyone working on the bridging code? I'm going to extend the 
ng_bridge node with Spanning Tree Protocol and I wouldn't want to be 
duplicating work. I checked in -current, but I thought I'd check on -net as 
well. (And -arch because of my next question)

2) Where does one draw the line at handling stuff in the kernel or 
userspace. The algorithms that are used in the Spanning Tree Protocol 
aren't very complicated, and I'm pretty sure I could contain everything in 
kernel space, but what is the Right Thing to do? Everything in kernelspace, 
or running a userland daemon that does all the calculating, decision making 
and time tracking?

	DocWilco



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