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Hi<br>
<br>
<big>Thanks to a chat with Chris, Jennifer and I are taking<br>
a slightly different approach to configuring the <br>
new network stack. The old structure based <br>
interface configuration is being replaced by use<br>
of the standard utilities ifconfig and route. We<br>
are also porting ping, ping6, and netstat.<br>
<br>
The standard FreeBSD utilities have a number of<br>
advantages:<br>
<br>
+ they are standard<br>
+ they work to set up more network configurations<br>
+ they know IPV6 and other features<br>
+ the standard documentations and howtos will <br>
show you how to use them.<br>
<br>
I just committed a set of changes to do the following:<br>
<br>
+ Enable rest of networking libc files to compile.<br>
This includes the resolver, inet_xxx, etc<br>
+ ping and ping6 are building now and should<br>
be ready to test<br>
+ Disabling IPV6 no longer requires patching the<br>
source or hacking the Makefile<br>
<br>
Jennifer is in the process of adding ifconfig, route,<br>
and netstat. Those should show up in the tree next<br>
week.<br>
<br>
The code is getting in better and better shape. We would<br>
welcome help from the community. There are lots of areas<br>
you could work in. Please pitch in.<br>
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Joel Sherrill, Ph.D. Director of Research& Development
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com">joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com</a> On-Line Applications Research
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