From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] uml_switch
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 18:34:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031025223447.GJ1538@dijkstra.csh.rit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0310251039390.21477-100000@ucontrol.mobiledns.com>
On Sat, Oct 25, 2003 at 10:42:23AM -0400, steven james wrote:
> Of course, UML itself 'just happens' to use the configured IP address
> (mildly mangled) as the MAC address for IP traffic.
...as a default if it isn't specified.
> However, it would be best to add functionality to parse the packet
> headers. Definatly NOT wanted for normal use due to efficiency issues.
> Perhaps a config option? compile time?
I think it's probably not necessary for the purpose he mentioned; matching
the MAC address is just as good (if not better). Of course, it would be
even easier to use a tap device instead of uml_switch, and use iptables to
do the matching, which will be much more flexible.
--
- mdz
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-25 22:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-23 10:55 [uml-devel] uml_switch Nelio Pereira
2003-10-23 14:28 ` Nuno Silva
2003-10-23 14:46 ` Nelio Pereira
2003-10-25 1:26 ` Jeff Dike
2003-10-23 18:11 ` Matt Zimmerman
2003-10-25 14:42 ` steven james
2003-10-25 18:37 ` Adam Heath
2003-10-25 22:34 ` Matt Zimmerman [this message]
2003-10-30 18:04 ` BlaisorBlade
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