- Further minor tweaks

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Gabor Pali 2013-12-02 20:25:05 +00:00
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<p>First, André Oppermann gave a status report on his current work <p>André Oppermann gave a status report on his current work on the
on the interface between the network stack and the drivers. He interface between the network stack and the drivers. He is
is planning to publish a formal documentation on the planning to publish a formal documentation on the stack-driver
stack-driver boundary and split the <tt>ifnet</tt> structure boundary and split the <tt>ifnet</tt> structure into separate,
into separate, stack- and driver-owned section, finally all stack- and driver-owned sections. All drivers will be adjusted
drivers will be adjusted to this new world order, and call for to this new world order, and a call for feedback will be posted
feedback will be posted to the respective mailing lists. This to the respective mailing lists. This change is being
change is being implemented in the <tt>projects/ifq</tt> implemented in the <tt>projects/ifq</tt> Subversion branch,
Subversion branch, supervised by Ed Maste on behalf of the &os; supervised by Ed Maste on behalf of the &os; Foundation as
Foundation as sponsor. In addition to that, André is close to sponsor. André is close to completing his TCP-AO work, and
complete his TCP-AO work, and also working on moving the IPsec working on moving the IPsec code into a <tt>pfil(9)</tt>-based
code into a <tt>pfil(9)</tt>-based kernel module. Besides that, kernel module. Gleb Smirnoff came up with the problem of
Gleb Smirnoff came up with the problem of implementing a implementing a lightweight reference counting to avoid dangling
lightweight reference counting to avoid dangling pointers and pointers, and Alexander Chernikov started a discussion on the
Alexander Chernikov started a discussion on the routing routing performance.</p>
performance.</p>
<p>Another highlight of the networking stack working group was the <p>Another highlight of the networking stack working group was the
discussion on testing, where everybody agreed that developers discussion on testing, where everybody agreed that developers
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and Alexander Chernikov (from Yandex) have already shown and Alexander Chernikov (from Yandex) have already shown
interest in this effort, while the Netflix staff (Lawrence interest in this effort, while the Netflix staff (Lawrence
Stewart, Adrian Chadd, and Scott Long) confirmed that they have Stewart, Adrian Chadd, and Scott Long) confirmed that they have
access to TCP-heavy production workload. On a related note, it access to a TCP-heavy production workload. On a related note,
was added that Netflix is looking to host developer summits it was added that Netflix is looking to host developer summits
focused on networking in Los Gatos, California, on a focused on networking in Los Gatos, California, on a
semi-regular basis.</p> semi-regular basis.</p>
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<p>We had a long discussion about removing support for old-style binary <p>We had a long discussion about removing support for old-style binary
packages now that we have <tt>pkg(8)</tt>. Staying compatible with packages now that we have <tt>pkg(8)</tt>. Staying compatible with
<tt>pkg_install(1)</tt> hinders the introduction of new features, e.g. <tt>pkg_install(1)</tt> hinders the introduction of new features, e.g.,
sub-packages mentioned above. We cannot really add those new features sub-packages mentioned above. We cannot really add those new features
as the old tools will not support them and we cannot expect ports to as the old tools will not support them and we cannot expect ports to
work with two different package formats at the same time. We work with two different package formats at the same time. We