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