Fwd: sysfs network namespace support - was this patch set forgotten ?

2008-01-21 Thread Ian Brown
-- Forwarded message -- From: Ian Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Jan 20, 2008 9:08 AM Subject: sysfs network namespace support - was this patch set forgotten ? To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello, I saw some posts (from about a month ago)

net 2.6.25 is broken when building with wireless/iwlwifi

2008-01-20 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, net 2.6.25 is broken when building with the wireless/iwlwifi subtree; we get the following errors (we noticed that iwl_down() and iwl_resume() implementation do exist in garzik tree, but there are more differences so a simple patch with only adding these two methods might be risky) ... ...

What is XFRM_POLICY_LOCALOK for?

2008-01-12 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, I tried to understand what XFRM_POLICY_LOCALOK is for. (include/linux/xfrm.h) It is defined thus: #define XFRM_POLICY_LOCALOK1 /* Allow user to override global policy */ is it part of flags of xfrm_userpolicy_info?? I doubt this, since we have above flags two defines: #define

Re: ipv4_devconf.arp_accept mystery

2007-12-24 Thread Ian Brown
ped my eye. I suppose this is true also to ipv4_devconf.arp_accept. Rgs, Ian On Dec 24, 2007 2:51 PM, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > BTW, in newer kernel version we have IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL(ARP_ACCEPT) > > inste

ipv4_devconf.arp_accept mystery

2007-12-23 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, I have a question regarding unsolicited ARPs in ipv4/arp.c As I understand, by default this feature is disabled; How can one set this feature ? When working with ipv4_devconf.arp_accept is 0 by default. This is with 2.6.21 kernel. I wanted ipv4_devconf.arp_accept to be set to 1. I added:

Re: [PATCH] correct typo in __xfrm4_bundle_create()

2007-12-05 Thread Ian Brown
unable to connect a socket (Connection refused) fetch-pack from 'git://kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.25.git' failed. Ian On Dec 5, 2007 4:03 PM, David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Ian Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 5 Dec

Re: [PATCH] correct typo in __xfrm4_bundle_create()

2007-12-05 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, Sorry ; but is this tree can be fetched ? it requires a password. I try: git-clone kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.25.git net-2.6.25 and get: [EMAIL PROTECTED]'s password: Ian On Dec 5, 2007 3:47 PM, David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "

Re: [PATCH] correct typo in __xfrm4_bundle_create()

2007-12-05 Thread Ian Brown
OTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Ian Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:49:52 +0200 > > > This is a typo correction in net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c; it should be > > "Copy neighbour" instead "Copy neighbout", > > Your email clien

[PATCH] correct typo in __xfrm4_bundle_create()

2007-12-05 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, This is a typo correction in net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c; it should be "Copy neighbour" instead "Copy neighbout", Regards, Ian Brown Signed-off-by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] diff --git a/a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c b/b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c index cc86fb1..390dc7c 100

Re: DST_NOHASH flag and IPsec transformers routing tables - need some clarification

2007-11-28 Thread Ian Brown
the list of dst_entries ? Regards, Ian On Nov 27, 2007 3:57 AM, Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > NOHASH hints that we do not keep the > > an entry in a hash. I doubt that such dst_entries , which are crea

Re: DST_NOHASH flag and IPsec transformers routing tables - need some clarification

2007-11-26 Thread Ian Brown
rt Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 3) in net/core/dst.c: > > struct dst_entry *dst_destroy(struct dst_entry * dst) > >{ > >... > >... > > int nohash = dst->flags &

DST_NOHASH flag and IPsec transformers routing tables - need some clarification

2007-11-25 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, netdev, I try, in vain, to understand what is DST_NOHASH for. I looked for DST_NOHASH under the linux source tree (http://lxr.linux.no/source) and found that it appears in 4 files: 1) in include/net/dst.h (just defined there, #define DST_NOHASH 8) 2) in xfrm4_policy.c: static int __xfrm4

A difficult question regarding problems due to neighboring subsystem state changes

2007-11-05 Thread Ian Brown
Hi, This might seem a little insane/crazy question; yet this is a real kernel networking problem I encountered; I scratched my head a lot, probed into the Linux kernel neighboring code, still could not find an answer. And it still might be that the solution is a lot easier than I can imagine in my

Re: [RFC][PATCH] trivial typo correction in net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c

2007-09-18 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, Now it seems to me ok and I hope it can be applied cleanly. The only change here is "Copy neighbour" instead "Copy neighbout" in the comment in net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c Regards, Ian Brown Signed-off-by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c 2007-09-0

[RFC][PATCH] trivial typo correction in net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c

2007-09-17 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, This is a trivial typo correction in net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c which hunted my eye... Regards, Ian Brown Signed-off-by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- linux-2.6.23-rc5-clean/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c 2007-09-01 09:08:24.0 +0300 +++ linux-2.6.23-rc5/net/ipv4/xfrm4_policy.c2007-09

RTF_DYNAMIC flag in ipv4 and in ipv6 , ICMP redirect and the routing table/cache

2007-06-19 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, Suppose a routing cache entry is added as a consequence of a redirect to host ICMP message. There is in include/linux.h two flags , one for entry which is created and one for an entry which is modified because of a redirect: #define RTF_DYNAMIC 0x0010 /* created dyn. (by red

cleanup suggestion of 5 fields

2007-05-06 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, It seems to me that the following fields should be cleaned up as except the definition, they do not appear anywhere in the kernel code: a) since FASTROUTE is no longer used: in include/linux/if_packet.h: #define PACKET_FASTROUTE6 /* Fastrouted frame */ in includ

Netchannels status

2007-04-26 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, I read a bit about netchannels in linux (according to Van Jacobson ideas). I see that the last version of netchannels (20) is from: Fri, 29 Dec 2006. http://tservice.net.ru/~s0mbre/blog/2006/12/29#2006_12_29 My question is : what is the status of the netchannels project ? is there intentio

I/O Acceleration Technology Nics

2006-07-14 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, I came across the e1000 download for linux in intel site. I saw that in the readme they talk about Intel(R) I/O Acceleration Technology; According to this readme , there is support for "systems using the Intel(R) 5000 Series Chipsets Integrated Device - 1A38". see: http://downloadmirror.in

netfilter and packets which are created locally

2006-06-26 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, I had looked at the diagrams and read the explanations about netfilter in Netfilter Architecture page: http://netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO/netfilter-hacking-HOWTO-3.html I want to make sure wheter I undestood something regarding packets which are created locally (as opposed to packet

Scanning in ieee80211 softmac layer and setting essid (newbie)

2006-05-09 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, I see that setting the essid of a wireless card (by iwconfig eth1 essid homenet) triggers scanning; namely , it calls ieee80211softmac_assoc_work() method which in turn calls ieee80211softmac_start_scan(). I use zd1211 driver which works with the softmac layer of the last git kernel. I sa

wireless softmac origin (net/ieee80211/softmac)

2006-05-01 Thread Ian Brown
Hello, I am looking at 2.6.17-rc3 kernel. I wonder: what is the origin of softmac in 2.6.17-rc3 kernel ? I see in the *.c files under that folder: Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 Johannes Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Joseph Jezak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Larry