svn commit: r276457 - projects/ifnet/sys/net

[Gleb Smirnoff]

On Fri, Jan 02, 2015 at 04:08:08PM +0800, Julian Elischer wrote:
J> On 12/31/14 5:41 PM, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
J> > Author: glebius
J> > Date: Wed Dec 31 09:41:25 2014
J> > New Revision: 276457
J> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/276457
J> >
J> > Log:
J> >    A draft of the new API for interface drivers, a major milestone in
J> >    the project "opaque ifnet".
J> 
J> iti woudlbe really cool if there was an extension to the driver for 
J> "polling mode operation".
J> This would allow us to implement ethernet/IP based debugging.
J> Firewire and serial are  less and less viable options. Firewire is 
J> going away,
J> and devices often don't have serial any more.
J> A "send/recieve one packet synchronously" interface would make this 
J> feasible.

Of course a lot of fancy stuff will be possible after we hide 'struct ifnet'
from drivers. :)

The aim of the projects/ifnet is not for adding new features, but for
providing a solid ground for future features.

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.