svn commit: r194927 - in head: share/man/man4 sys/net

[Bjoern A. Zeeb]

On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Daniel O'Connor wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Jun 2009, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>> Author: bz
>> Date: Wed Jun 24 22:21:30 2009
>> New Revision: 194927
>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/194927
>>
>> Log:
>>   Merge from p4: CH154790,154793,154874
>>
>>     Import if_epair(4), a virtual cross-over Ethernet-like interface
>> pair.
>
> Can't you already do this pretty easily with netgraph?
>
> ie connect 2 ng_eiface's together.
>
> Although that said, the ng docs leave a bit to be desired if you want to
> actually do it ;)

Yes, but this explicitly there to avoid the mandaotry dependency of
netgraph for vnets once you are out of physical interfaces.

The much I like netgraph for some things the much people like to be
able to avoid it, also for simplicitly, if they do neither need nor
know it.

/bz

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                      The greatest risk is not taking one.