Fwd: bridge interface type

[Andrew Thompson]

On 5 March 2012 18:46, Julian Elischer <julian at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 3/4/12 1:36 PM, hiren panchasara wrote:
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>> Is this the correct mailer for such questions?
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> probably net at freebsd.org would be better.
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> I do not understand why a bridge needs an interface type at all
> it seems a very odd way to implement it to me..  see how ng_bridge is done..
> that makes a lot more sense to me.

The bridge interface type is used in a few places of the network code.
(eg in_arpinput(), in6_ifattach()). It is needed.


Andrew