From nobody Fri Dec 02 20:05:32 2022 X-Original-To: freebsd-arch@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4NP3pP6Y0cz4j8sT; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 20:05:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhibbits@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp.freebsd.org (smtp.freebsd.org [96.47.72.83]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "smtp.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4NP3pP643Sz4FPc; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 20:05:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhibbits@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1670011533; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=7H/ir/IrOw3NZcpZd/yyxYesynakd/BTawRSg5ZZlUU=; b=GTc0OcS506kCvjcZiV8mlUUwoX/m3Y7Pq9KLBTPQK5kma9759/76G6VFN/kQX8EtywpwiH JP5XedruLEC2Dh3p3cf5gB9CI3STCDxaPQTuc/+DmVRUdIZP2+eEMX7UJaxim+FE5XUEzR 58Cj1ByUPCG1BTzerCbIcMsKe75P45nUMHqnJO6CIaQUEc4Fy921B1LGMExhfuBmUdqykY kR+bzttQ59nqAuQMM+z/i4lqBQlBM/MCMSbM7rA4PnnU31aeIroznHJAA/SRrZlJqPRDwR /MtlqLkMxdoJy/lL7i8+pdd25q02pCCtyfEEtSt3WHXrzfkGJ4EXcn+x/YtnwA== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1670011533; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=7H/ir/IrOw3NZcpZd/yyxYesynakd/BTawRSg5ZZlUU=; b=oXipEdd9qZ0/K2qNm9We/xoSUeKvjpW+hV3YQQ8L2BTdwiWoMYBQXhkRA7LlwDZCcaPASb dxNZ9J5v8AT21Y1DdfmxCnmFG/pONrIY187a1FqMnrYNBFv7Rco50vPqKtiD06r1kmTJ19 Tl6OlKd8EpFQN+bq28gEnbpW1abdvgNbNVctqQf6becU59zM/8AAszItj381dp8kgmYJUo +ARtTDpO0/9zc+3zZtHmUY4h1bIqI1doyydYfgwFRSaPokT6uohygRVGgI6Sh6Y9zCKubL dxiC56mxCfH5yWQwBCcI6yW0vYndOA8el6lRegwu4rpF/7qwuiah42t+NhMfHw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1670011533; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=PxaU+0wCDGCQoJ+/28x/rTY23rGn7ge0zrT+Y5TeeoR6BSVo1lQ0ZBhLiZVh3AwwZR9JaR jrJGu4gZf/DfWpIv/LJXDB1j1IWVHIHt+DyqINJbjoLCqDsG4mEOBxMj/4paBBuX6V3WmR hY7GiMXtNs8YELZ3xXApJfTIKDmbsY0mwKFCelRTHcGcu98lpR43o84ao/GwZSxFZZjmn8 lZxvfsOc9FGEdpV+znPEVRuRPrHwgUYnGLm08t/tEa3SfXgmlRy1DvFSdAi65teWhDblWP Ar85AIC+kYFAv0cSnuVQOHTUJRjb0v8cb3467hBBJN9PgF0CJ4Y/LfRkBeEX0g== Received: from ralga-linux (dsl-74-83-251-217.fuse.net [74.83.251.217]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: jhibbits) by smtp.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4NP3pP3vnszjJl; Fri, 2 Dec 2022 20:05:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhibbits@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2022 15:05:32 -0500 From: Justin Hibbits To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modularizing the network stack with a driver API Message-ID: <20221202150532.562e7059@ralga-linux> In-Reply-To: <20221123143359.2370ed89@ralga-linux> References: <20221123143359.2370ed89@ralga-linux> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.1.0 (GTK 3.24.34; powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu) List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-arch List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On Wed, 23 Nov 2022 14:33:59 -0500 Justin Hibbits wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Back in 2014 Marcel Moolenaar started the thread "Roadmap for ifnet(9) > for FreeBSD 11" > (https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2014-May/015379.html), > and after 8 years we want to revisit this. This email is to kick > things off again, and further design discussions. > > I've spent time off and on as able over the last couple years porting > -CURRENT to this "DrvAPI", and have something that compiles. Much of > the work was committed at the time of the initial discussion in 2014, > with enhancements done off and on since then. Also, much of the > shortcomings listed at https://wiki.freebsd.org/projects/ifnet have > not been addressed at all yet. > > Most of the work I've done in the recent port has been purely > mechanical and scripted, fixing build failures along the way. The > current work in progress can be found in my personal repository at > https://github.com/chmeeedalf/freebsd/tree/drvapi . The goal of this > first step is to get things started, address design feedback, and move > forward in main. > > > > - Justin > Gentle ping on this, since it may have gotten lost over the last long weekend for some people. Adding net@ for a wider audience. - Justin