2011/8/10 Gleb Smirnoff <gleb...@freebsd.org> > I'd like to present for review and early testing (for brave ones) > a new CARP implementation. The reason for this rewrite was that CARP > protocol actually doesn't bring a new interface, but is a property of > interface address. Rewriting it in this way helps to remove several > hacks from incoming packet processing[1], simplifies some code, makes > CARP addresses more sane from viewpoint of routing daemons such as > quagga/zebra. It also brings support for a single redundant address > on the subnet, the thing that is called "carpdev feature" in OpenBSD, > long awaited in FreeBSD. > > More info and the patch itself is available here: > > http://people.freebsd.org/~glebius/newcarp/README > > I'm glad to here comments. > > Whoohoo! Thanks for working on this! :)
I really like that you no longer need to "waste" IPs in order to share a virtual IP. This is the reason I've been experimenting with freevrrpd on FreeBSD, which isn't anywhere near as elegant as carp(4). However, I'm not sure I understand the reasoning for removing the carpX pseudo-interface. It's really nice having the symmetry between carpX, vlanX, brX, and other pseudo-interfaces, and keeping the configuration details separate from the underlying physical interface. This now makes creating/configuring CARP different from creating/configuring vLANs. :( -- Freddie Cash fjwc...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
