On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 10:12:18 +0100
Doug Rabson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The fwip implementation should be fully compatible with the RFC
> standard. I'm happy for fwip to replace fwe in GENERIC unless anyone
> else has an objection.
I disagree. Because fwip and fwe can exist together.
So I think that fwip should be added to GENERIC.
> On Saturday 15 October 2005 03:35, Katsushi Kobayashi wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Although I don't know the detail of fwe technology, I understand the
> > technology is a proprietary one. It is better to provide a
> > compatibility with RFC standard firewire over IP, if some volunteer
> > are there.
> >
> > On 2005/10/15, at 9:58, Cai, Quanqing wrote:
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > When I was fixing bug kern/82727:
> > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/82727, I found we
> > > use fwe(Ethernet over FireWire) in GENERIC kernel, not fwip(IP over
> > > FireWire).
> > > But we all know that IP over FireWire is more widely used on other
> > > OSes, and
> > > now this bug is fixed, do we need change fwe to fwip?
> > >
> > > I talked it with Tai-hwa Liang, he agrees with me. But he suggests
> > > me to
> > > post here for more advices, since there might be some
> > > considerations such
> > > like backward compatibility or code size that makes re@ made this
> > > decision.
> > >
> > > Please give you advice or opinion.
> > >
> > > Best
> > > Cai, Quanqing
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