Subject: Re: BPF support for writing raw IEEE 802.11 frames
To: None <tech-net@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 08/01/2006 18:54:26
In article <rmiodv471h2.fsf@fnord.ir.bbn.com>,
Greg Troxel <gdt@ir.bbn.com> wrote:
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> [802.11 frame writing via bpf]
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>The plan is to merge this work into NetBSD once it works. We'll also
>be contributing back changes to make tap(4) be able to do
>point-to-point (e.g. like tun(4)) or 802_11_RADIO, but defaulting to
>the current behavior. The code will of course be posted for review
>before committing.
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>The remote interface code will also be available, as a separate
>program with a pkgsrc entry.
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>My own take on the options is that flags for what encap has been done
>feels kludgy, and that having an explicit raw queue is cleaner.
I also feel that an explicit raw queue is cleaner.
christos