On 17 Jan 2013, at 22:53, Steve Kiernan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:11:27 +0100 > Andre Oppermann <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 17.01.2013 20:23, Stephen J. Kiernan wrote: >>> The network stack as a module patch has been separated out and can be found >>> in the following location: >>> http://people.freebsd.org/~marcel/Juniper/netstack-v2.diff >> >> This is quite some work and a lot of changes which will a moment to review. >> >> Can you describe the concept and the terminology you're using here some more? >> What is a netstack module and what is its scope? How does it relate to VNET? >> What is an IOCGROUP? etc. All this is probably obvious to you but not yet >> for >> us. > > Sure, not a problem. First, I will repeat here what Anu sent out previously > as a description of the netstack changes. > >> Today, not compiling networking stack related files in the kernel breaks >> the kernel build due to dependencies the OS has on the network stack >> (calling into functions in the network stack). Network stack module isn't >> there. We've added these in JUNOS. The benefits for us are obvious (we can >> load our own version of network stack if we desire!), but most likely this >> functionality will benefit others too. >> >> The detailed implementation is indicated later in this email. In short the >> changes are: >> >> - Load network stack as a module. For now via loader, not dynamically >> loaded. (Is there interest in dynamic loading?).
I speak only for myself but I think dynamic loading would avoid a lot of trouble with/for people who don't read UPDATING carefully and forget to adjust loader.conf... _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
