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Date:      Tue, 2 Jan 2001 11:11:09 -0500
From:      "C. Stephen Gunn" <csg@waterspout.com>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems with VLAN and natd.
Message-ID:  <20010102111109.B7610@waterspout.com>
In-Reply-To: <3A517429.91B2F251@softweyr.com>; from wes@softweyr.com on Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 11:24:41PM -0700
References:  <200101020501.AAA58976@tsunami.waterspout.com> <3A517429.91B2F251@softweyr.com>

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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

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