Cathy Zhou wrote: > Peter Memishian wrote: >> > > I agree it's gross -- but I think the strcmp() stuff would be >> worse. >> > > > > What would it take it get all of the DLPI devices in >> /dev/net? > > Sorry, can you rephrase your question? >> >> I mean: we don't need a fallback mechanism if all of the devices that >> need >> to be accessed are in /dev/net. But it seems some devices, such as >> /dev/vni or /dev/sppp, cannot be in /dev/net. What are the reasons? >> > As disccussed, there are ibd and clprivnet too on the list. But I > don't think there are cases that /dev/net/sppp is ever accessed (ppp > is not changed to use libdlpi). I didn't find places which really open > /dev/vni devices either. > Note that ppp will be changed to use libldpi in the next round of applications to be ported.
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