Re: New version of TAP driver for FreeBSD -current
Long time back i sent request to the list and asked about including this driver into the source tree. i still did not receive any reply. Some people seems to be using this driver for Ethernet tunneling (with VTUN software). Somebody even requested for OpenBSD port. So it would be really nice to hear from one of the commiters. Hi Maksim, I've looked at this driver and think it looks useful, though I'm a little concerned about the handling of bridge support. We don't really encourage users to edit module Makefiles just to enable a given feature in the compiled module since that naturally leads to situations where one /modules directory is not the same as another (where you might want to copy things), even though all the same module names appear. It also leads to version skew between the kernel and the modules since sliding a new kernel into place which doesn't have BRIDGE support would now mysteriously break a module, leading to some confusion to any admin new on the scene. Isn't there a better way of enabling support in the module all the time and conditionally using it only if the kernel also provides the right support? At that point it would be my opinion (and mine only) that it was ready to come into FreeBSD-current as a new feature. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
RE: New version of TAP driver for FreeBSD -current
Jordan, I've looked at this driver and think it looks useful, though I'm a little concerned about the handling of bridge support. We don't really encourage users to edit module Makefiles just to enable a given feature in the compiled module [...] i think that whole ``#ifdef BRIDGE'' section can be removed from the code. ``ether_input'' seems to be take care of it. it also feeds frame to ``bpf'', so it also can be removed. thanks to Nick Sayer for the hint :) i just got e-mail that makes a good point about Ethernet bridging quote it seems freebsd 4.x bridgin code is somewhat broken.. (it initializes the tables of devices it can bridge at boot time).. thus tap0 isnt available yet.. so basically bridging doesnt work ;( /quote ooops :) will check on it :) seems to me we need some interface to add/remove interfaces to/from bridge. Thanks, emax To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
New version of TAP driver for FreeBSD -current
Hello All, The new version of TAP driver for FreeBSD -current is available at http://home.earthlink.net/~evmax/tap-fbsd5.tar.gz Changes: - small bug fixes, code improvements and cleanup - man page (derived from tun(4)) - if_tap module can be unloaded now (works for me, but please test it) - standalone Makefile (to build module outside of main source tree) Long time back i sent request to the list and asked about including this driver into the source tree. i still did not receive any reply. Some people seems to be using this driver for Ethernet tunneling (with VTUN software). Somebody even requested for OpenBSD port. So it would be really nice to hear from one of the commiters. Thanks, emax To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: New version of TAP driver for FreeBSD -current
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO wrote: Long time back i sent request to the list and asked about including this driver into the source tree. i still did not receive any reply. Some people seems to be using this driver for Ethernet tunneling (with VTUN software). Somebody even requested for OpenBSD port. So it would be really nice to hear from one of the commiters. You might want to post request for review to the net@ list. If inclusion of if_tap driver will be considered as reasonable I can bring it in the tree. -- Boris Popov http://www.butya.kz/~bp/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
