Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)

2002-11-06 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : Ok but there cound be netgraph nodes that have no hardware but could be : called into creation by some external event. : e.g. a netgraph hook on a pseudointerface like gif or tun. : (not at present but a possi

Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)

2002-11-06 Thread Brooks Davis
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 12:48:07PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > > Ok but there cound be netgraph nodes that have no hardware but could be > called into creation by some external event. > e.g. a netgraph hook on a pseudointerface like gif or tun. > (not at present but a possibility I was looking

Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)

2002-11-06 Thread Julian Elischer
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > : > : > : On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote: > : > : > : 1) Device driver in Netgraph node. When hardware is > : > :activated new Netgraph node is

Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)

2002-11-06 Thread M. Warner Losh
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: : : : On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote: : : > : 1) Device driver in Netgraph node. When hardware is : > :activated new Netgraph node is created and new : > :kevent sent. devd (or something lik

Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)

2002-11-06 Thread Julian Elischer
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote: > : 1) Device driver in Netgraph node. When hardware is > :activated new Netgraph node is created and new > :kevent sent. devd (or something like devd) listens > :for these events and does something (loads firmware, > :activates device, e

Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)

2002-11-06 Thread M. Warner Losh
: 1) Device driver in Netgraph node. When hardware is :activated new Netgraph node is created and new :kevent sent. devd (or something like devd) listens :for these events and does something (loads firmware, :activates device, etc.) Device drivers are not netgraph nodes. They will

Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)

2002-11-05 Thread Julian Elischer
On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > Archie Cobbs wrote: > > > > Maksim Yevmenkin writes: > > > I would like to get some feedback on the idea i have. > > > Basically i would like Netgraph system to send kevents > > > whenever something happens. For example: > > > > > > 1) node X of typ

Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)

2002-11-05 Thread Maksim Yevmenkin
Archie Cobbs wrote: > > Maksim Yevmenkin writes: > > I would like to get some feedback on the idea i have. > > Basically i would like Netgraph system to send kevents > > whenever something happens. For example: > > > > 1) node X of type Y was created/destroyed > > 2) hook X was connected/disconnec

Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)

2002-11-05 Thread Archie Cobbs
Maksim Yevmenkin writes: > I would like to get some feedback on the idea i have. > Basically i would like Netgraph system to send kevents > whenever something happens. For example: > > 1) node X of type Y was created/destroyed > 2) hook X was connected/disconnected to/from node Y > 3) Data passed

Re: Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)

2002-11-05 Thread Julian Elischer
It's not a bad idea. On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Maksim Yevmenkin wrote: > Dear Hackers, > > I would like to get some feedback on the idea i have. > Basically i would like Netgraph system to send kevents > whenever something happens. For example: > > 1) node X of type Y was created/destroyed > 2) hoo

Netgraph and KQUEUE(2)

2002-11-05 Thread Maksim Yevmenkin
Dear Hackers, I would like to get some feedback on the idea i have. Basically i would like Netgraph system to send kevents whenever something happens. For example: 1) node X of type Y was created/destroyed 2) hook X was connected/disconnected to/from node Y 3) Data passed via hook X 4) Node X got