From: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Physical device to Kernel-netlink mapper
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 07:00:28 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200509100659.04295.a1426z@gawab.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4321BF0C.2000007@candelatech.com>
Ben Greear wrote:
> Al Boldi wrote:
> > Is there a virtual device that would allow to connect the communication
> > paths from the physical devs into the kernel netlink subsystem in a way
> > that would be more flexible than what is currently avaible?
> >
> > Something like this:
> >
> > Kernel-netlink
> > |
> > virtual dev
> > |
> > --> mapper/conf <--
> > |
> > physical dev(s)
> >
> > tun/tap,bridge,bond... are devs that incorporate this idea, but don't
> > allow for a flexible configuration.
>
> Please explain in more detail.
Consider the bridge:
1. Creates a virtual dev
2. Adds physical devs
3. Connects devs to each other in a fixed way
What is needed is a generalized module that allows step 3 to be completely
flexible.
Thanks!
--
Al
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-10 4:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-09 12:38 Al Boldi
2005-09-09 16:57 ` Ben Greear
2005-09-10 4:00 ` Al Boldi [this message]
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