Questions on iflib

[Chris H]

On Wed, 11 May 2016 11:27:20 -0700 "K. Macy" <kmacy at freebsd.org> wrote

> On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Chris H <bsd-lists at bsdforge.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 May 2016 10:25:24 -0700 hiren panchasara
> > <hiren at strugglingcoder.info> wrote
> >
> >> + Kip, Scott.
> >>
> >> On 05/10/16 at 04:46P, David Somayajulu wrote:
> >> > Hi All,
> >> > I have a couple of questions on iflib :
> >> >
> >> > 1.       Are there plans to incorporate iflib into CURRENT. If yes, will
> >> > it make it into FreeBSD11 release ?
> >>
> >> Yes. The library itself (without any drivers) is being prepared for
> >> committing to CURRENT.
> > This is intended to be optional. Right?
> 
> The name Iflib is short for iflnet library. A driver has to be
> programmed to it. It will always be possible to program directly to
> ifnet, but henceforth it will be frowned upon when not absolutely
> necessary. As iflib will ultimately make the driver more performant
> and more maintainable. As a counterexample, the Chelsio driver has to
> manage multiple ports on a single device and handle synchronization
> with upper level protocols. It's also extremely well optimized
> already. I don't know of any other network driver that can justify
> opting out for one of those reasons, much less both.
> 
> -M
No. Makes perfect sense. I'm afraid I mis-guessed it's intent.
Sorry for the noise, and thanks for taking the time to reply. :)

--Chris

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