[pf4freebsd] Re: RELENG_5 and carp patches

sam samwun at hgdbroadband.com
Wed Sep 15 21:15:47 PDT 2004


Max Laier wrote:

>On Wednesday 15 September 2004 05:12, sam wrote:
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>>Max Laier wrote:
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>>>On Tuesday 14 September 2004 23:22, Bruno Afonso wrote:
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>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>I've been trying to play with CARP, by applying the carp patch
>>>>(20040823-carp.RELENG_5.diff) to RELENG_5. The patch applies cleanly but
>>>>I can't get it to successfully compile the kernel. I can build world
>>>>with the patch applied.
>>>>
>>>>Any successful stories? :)
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>>>>
>>>There is an issue with building kernels w/o "device carp", but ... I
>>>really don't have free time for this *right now* ... I will return to it
>>>*after* 5.3R is done and out. I hope it has been clear that CARP will not
>>>be part of 5.3R!
>>>
>>>Please allow me to hunt down the remaining pf and ALTQ issues now.
>>>
>>>I'll return to CARP after the release is done - for sure!
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>>>
>> I compiled PF+PFSYNC+CARP into the Beta 3 kernel without any problem.
>>But I haven't had a chance to test it yet. Can you suggest any tool for
>>me to do some testing on the PFSYNC and CARP stuff?
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>Other than "the real thing" i.e. two boxes and a couple of clients that route 
>through them, you might find this page interesting: 
>http://www.tcpdump.org/related.html esp. "LibNet" and "TCP replay". Then, of 
>course there is VMware, but I have not the slightest clue if that stuff works 
>in there - nor am I willing to trace bugs that result from braindamaged 
>VMware (setup)errors!
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Thanks, I think I will use real machines to test the stuff.
sam





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