Tweak things so that ng_fec has a chance of working with things
other than ethernet. Use ifp->if_output of the underlying interfaces
and use IF_HANDOFF() rather than depending on ether_output() and
ether_output_frame() explicitly. Also, don't insist that underlying
devices be IFM_ETHER when checking their link states in the link
monitor code.
With these changes, I was able to create a two channel bundle
consisting of one ethernet interface and one 802.11 wireless
device (via ndis). Note that this only works because both devices
use the same if_output vector: ng_fec will not let you bundle
devices with different output vectors together (it really doesn't
make sense to do that).
underlying interfaces rather than using ac_netgraph in struct arpcom.
The latter is meant only for use by ng_ether, and using it breaks
interoperability with the rest of netgraph.
of an interface. No functional change.
On passing, comment an useless invocation of TAILQ_INIT(&ifp->if_addrhead)
which could probably be removed in the interest of clarity.
if_xname, if_dname, and if_dunit. if_xname is the name of the interface
and if_dname/unit are the driver name and instance.
This change paves the way for interface renaming and enhanced pseudo
device creation and configuration symantics.
Approved By: re (in principle)
Reviewed By: njl, imp
Tested On: i386, amd64, sparc64
Obtained From: NetBSD (if_xname)
- Make transmission of packets work again. This stopped working because
ether_ifattach() was forcing ifp->if_output to be ether_output() and
clobbering our attempt to override this vector with a pointer to
ng_fec_output(). Move the overriding of ifp->if_output to after
ether_ifattach().
- Abandon the use of the netgraph ng_ether_input_p hook for snagging
incoming frames, and instead override the ifp->if_input vector for
interfaces that have been aggregated into our bundle. (I would have
loved to have written things this way in the first place, but I
didn't want to have to be the one to implement the if_input hook
and change all the drivers.) This avoids collisions with the ng_ether
module, which uses the same hook. Each aggregated device now calls
ng_fec_input() directly, which then fakes up the rcvif pointer
before invoking ifp->if_input itself.
This module should actually work now.
changed since this code was written:
- The ng_ether_input_p hook only accepts two arguments now: the pointer
to the ether header structure is gone.
- It's no longer necessary to cons up a fake ether header before passing
incoming packets to BPF_MTAP().
ng_fec_input() has been modified to account for these two changes.
Running tcpdump on fec0 should work now.
PR: kern/46720
TAILQ_FIRST(&ifp->if_addrhead) to find the link layer ifaddr.
(it's always first I believe)
Allows this to compile on -current.
.. need testers with FEC capable switches..
These are really only partly netgraph nodes as they do not use the
netgraph interfaces for many of the functions for which they could
be used, however they represent important functionality.
Submitted by: wpaul
MFC after: 2 days
