cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_carp.c

[Max Laier]

On Wednesday 26 October 2005 11:58, Robert Watson wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:15:09AM +0100, Robert Watson wrote:
> > R> I think we may actually be in need of either a new flag,
> > R> IFF_OKSODONTTREATTHISQUITELIKEANINTERFACE, or maybe a more reliable
> > way R> for protocols to ask if an interface is a loopback interface or
> > not.
> >
> > I'd prefer to rewrite those subsystems that use interface layer but
> > aren't actually interfaces. I have plans to do this for CARP.
>
> At least in the case of if_disc, this won't help.  I'm not quite sure why
> if_disc is IFF_LOOPBACK.

Sad answer seems to be: copy and paste.  IFF_LOOPBACK is part of 1.1 which 
also contains the following comment:

/*
 * Discard interface driver for protocol testing and timing.
 * (Based on the loopback.)
 */

So it might be a good idea to get rid of it and work from there.

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