Re: xxconfig for if_bridge

2005-06-05 Thread Bruce M Simpson
Hi, Many of these points were covered in the thread from over a year ago which Andrew helpfully posted the link to. On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 02:41:22PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > and I still don't see why it is better to import Yet another bridge > module rather > than adding it to the 2 we

Re: xxconfig for if_bridge

2005-06-03 Thread Max Laier
On Friday 03 June 2005 23:41, Julian Elischer wrote: > Andrew Thompson wrote: > >On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 02:00:36PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > >>what does if_bridge give you that cannot be achieved with > >>ng_bridge+ng_eiface? > >>Well, I guess it has some spanning tree algorythm in it, but i

Re: xxconfig for if_bridge

2005-06-03 Thread Julian Elischer
Andrew Thompson wrote: On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 02:00:36PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: what does if_bridge give you that cannot be achieved with ng_bridge+ng_eiface? Well, I guess it has some spanning tree algorythm in it, but it might be as easy to put that in ng_bridge and a lot more

Re: xxconfig for if_bridge

2005-06-03 Thread Andrew Thompson
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 02:00:36PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: > what does if_bridge give you that cannot be achieved with > ng_bridge+ng_eiface? > Well, I guess it has some spanning tree algorythm in it, but it might be > as easy to put > that in ng_bridge and a lot more flexible, > We had t

Re: xxconfig for if_bridge

2005-06-03 Thread Julian Elischer
what does if_bridge give you that cannot be achieved with ng_bridge+ng_eiface? Well, I guess it has some spanning tree algorythm in it, but it might be as easy to put that in ng_bridge and a lot more flexible, Andrew Thompson wrote: Hi, The if_bridge code that will soon be committed can be

Re: xxconfig for if_bridge

2005-06-03 Thread gnn
At Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:01:40 +1200, Andrew Thompson wrote: > ifconfig (patched for if_bridge) > + one tool to rule them all > + seamless with rc.conf, ifconfig_bridge0="..." > - diverges from the other BSDs I prefer ifconfig. I don't like having a plethora of these tools, it is confusing to the

Re: xxconfig for if_bridge

2005-06-02 Thread Hajimu UMEMOTO
Hi, > On Fri, 3 Jun 2005 14:01:40 +1200 > Andrew Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: thompsa> The if_bridge code that will soon be committed can be configured using thompsa> either brconfig or ifconfig. thompsa> http://people.freebsd.org/~thompsa/ thompsa> Only one tool will be committed

Re: xxconfig for if_bridge

2005-06-02 Thread Brooks Davis
On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 02:01:40PM +1200, Andrew Thompson wrote: > Hi, > > > The if_bridge code that will soon be committed can be configured using > either brconfig or ifconfig. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~thompsa/ > > Only one tool will be committed and I would like to get opinions on > wh