Loopback device dillema

2003-03-06 Thread Hiten Pandya
Hi gang. As I was playing around with the mbuf code, and came across the loopback device code (if_loop.c). Despite it's ugliness and shoddy code which came with the KAME stuff. Well, the problem is that it's not possible to compile the kernel when you remove the loop device from your config,

Re: Loopback device dillema

2003-03-06 Thread Brooks Davis
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 01:38:54PM -0500, Hiten Pandya wrote: To conclude, I would like to see the loopback device made default, and if this is not agreed upon, then someone needs to fix case when loopback device is not in the kernel config, and is going to be loaded as a module. What is

Re: Loopback device dillema

2003-03-06 Thread Hiten Pandya
Brooks Davis (Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:00:11AM -0800) wrote: On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 01:38:54PM -0500, Hiten Pandya wrote: To conclude, I would like to see the loopback device made default, and if this is not agreed upon, then someone needs to fix case when loopback device is not in the

Re: Loopback device dillema

2003-03-06 Thread Brooks Davis
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 02:06:32PM -0500, Hiten Pandya wrote: Brooks Davis (Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:00:11AM -0800) wrote: On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 01:38:54PM -0500, Hiten Pandya wrote: To conclude, I would like to see the loopback device made default, and if this is not agreed upon, then

Re: Loopback device dillema

2003-03-06 Thread Hiten Pandya
Brooks Davis (Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:15:16AM -0800) wrote: Not to mention: netinet6/{in6_pcb.c,in6_src.c,ip6_input.c,ip6_output.c,nd6.c} What is gained by making loopback default? Nothing is gained. But it's neccessary fix this, IMHO. Not to mention that our loopback device code looks

Re: Loopback device dillema

2003-03-06 Thread Brooks Davis
On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 02:29:30PM -0500, Hiten Pandya wrote: What is gained by making loopback default? Nothing is gained. But it's neccessary fix this, IMHO. Not to mention that our loopback device code looks terribly ugly anyway. :-) I certaintly agree the loop interface could use some

Re: Loopback device dillema

2003-03-06 Thread Andrew Gallatin
Hiten Pandya writes: Brooks Davis (Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 11:15:16AM -0800) wrote: Not to mention: netinet6/{in6_pcb.c,in6_src.c,ip6_input.c,ip6_output.c,nd6.c} What is gained by making loopback default? Nothing is gained. But it's neccessary fix this, IMHO. Not to mention