Re: TEST PLEASE: if_tun patch

2003-10-03 Thread Pawel Malachowski
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 03:17:05PM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > > It looks strange to have `ifconfig create' vlan interface on tap, > > while tap uses different semantics and can disappear after closing it? > > With ef it is even worse, pseudo-devices are created while ef is > > starting, so ef mo

Re: TEST PLEASE: if_tun patch

2003-09-30 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 11:35:34PM +0200, Pawel Malachowski wrote: > On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 10:04:42PM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > > > I'm not convinced this is the right direction to move in. The problem > > is that users are beginning to expect that pseudo-interfaces be created > > with netwo

Re: TEST PLEASE: if_tun patch

2003-09-30 Thread Pawel Malachowski
On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 10:04:42PM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote: > I'm not convinced this is the right direction to move in. The problem > is that users are beginning to expect that pseudo-interfaces be created > with network interface cloning, but tun, tap, and vmnet aren't. I'm Same about ef(4)

Re: TEST PLEASE: if_tun patch

2003-09-29 Thread Brooks Davis
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 07:29:08AM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brooks Davis writes: > > > >> | Properly dismantle and remove the interface and destroy the dev_t=20 > >> | at last close of the device. > > > >I'm not convinced this is the right direction to mov

Re: TEST PLEASE: if_tun patch

2003-09-28 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brooks Davis writes: >> | Properly dismantle and remove the interface and destroy the dev_t=20 >> | at last close of the device. > >I'm not convinced this is the right direction to move in. The problem >is that users are beginning to expect that pseudo-interfaces

Re: TEST PLEASE: if_tun patch

2003-09-28 Thread Brooks Davis
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 11:57:19PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > Please test this patch: > > http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/if_tun.patch > > There is a slight change in semantics in that the interface will disappear > entirely when the /dev/tun%d device is closed. > > If no objections

TEST PLEASE: if_tun patch

2003-09-27 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
Please test this patch: http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/if_tun.patch There is a slight change in semantics in that the interface will disappear entirely when the /dev/tun%d device is closed. If no objections this will be committed in some days. | Remove the bogus tunbasedev, instead record