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* Physical device to Kernel-netlink mapper
@ 2005-09-09 12:38 Al Boldi
  2005-09-09 16:57 ` Ben Greear
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Al Boldi @ 2005-09-09 12:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-net; +Cc: linux-kernel

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.

Thanks!



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* Re: Physical device to Kernel-netlink mapper
  2005-09-09 12:38 Physical device to Kernel-netlink mapper Al Boldi
@ 2005-09-09 16:57 ` Ben Greear
  2005-09-10  4:00   ` Al Boldi
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ben Greear @ 2005-09-09 16:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Al Boldi; +Cc: linux-net, linux-kernel

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.

I have some other types of virtual (ethernet-ish) interfaces, but I have
no idea what you are really asking....

Please explain in more detail.

Thanks,
Ben


-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com


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* Re: Physical device to Kernel-netlink mapper
  2005-09-09 16:57 ` Ben Greear
@ 2005-09-10  4:00   ` Al Boldi
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Al Boldi @ 2005-09-10  4:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ben Greear; +Cc: linux-net, linux-kernel

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

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