On Wed, 11 May 2016 11:27:20 -0700 "K. Macy" <km...@freebsd.org> wrote
> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Chris H <bsd-li...@bsdforge.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 10 May 2016 10:25:24 -0700 hiren panchasara > > <hi...@strugglingcoder.info> wrote > > > >> + Kip, Scott. > >> > >> On 05/10/16 at 04:46P, David Somayajulu wrote: > >> > Hi All, > >> > I have a couple of questions on iflib : > >> > > >> > 1. Are there plans to incorporate iflib into CURRENT. If yes, will > >> > it make it into FreeBSD11 release ? > >> > >> Yes. The library itself (without any drivers) is being prepared for > >> committing to CURRENT. > > This is intended to be optional. Right? > > The name Iflib is short for iflnet library. A driver has to be > programmed to it. It will always be possible to program directly to > ifnet, but henceforth it will be frowned upon when not absolutely > necessary. As iflib will ultimately make the driver more performant > and more maintainable. As a counterexample, the Chelsio driver has to > manage multiple ports on a single device and handle synchronization > with upper level protocols. It's also extremely well optimized > already. I don't know of any other network driver that can justify > opting out for one of those reasons, much less both. > > -M No. Makes perfect sense. I'm afraid I mis-guessed it's intent. Sorry for the noise, and thanks for taking the time to reply. :) --Chris -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
