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

[Andrew Thompson]

On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 10:21:31PM +0000, 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.

> +The basic intend is to provide connectivity between two virtual
> +network stack instances.
> +When connected to a
> +.Xr if_bridge 4
...
> +.Sh SEE ALSO
> +.Xr if_bridge 4 ,

I wonder if we should start just using bridge(4) again. 6.x is the last
release series to include the old bridge code and from 7.0 onwards there
is a MLINK for it. Its the only pseudo interface to have a if_ prefix on
it when referred to.


Andrew