Re: The patch of pfinet

The new ChangeLog for the patch. *Makefile: Compile pcap_filter.c *ethernet.c: Open the virtual network device. (ether_filter): Use the bpf filter. (ethernet_open): Open the virtual network device if the user specifies one. (ethernet_reset_filter, ethernet_reset_ipfilter): New fu

The patch of pfinet

Hello, The patch enables the pfinet to work with the multiplexer and use the filter rule that only accepts the packet whose destination is the pfinet server. The way of opening the virtual network device might be changed if the translator that helps open the device is created. Here is the pa

The patch of boot to open a virtual network interface

Hello, The patch enables boot to open the virtual network interface, so boot can work with the multiplexer and the subhurd can connect to the main hurd. But the way to open the virtual network interface will be changed if the translator that helps open the device is created. Here is the patc

The patch of gnumach to enable the user to set the network device into the promiscuous mode

Hello, The patch enables the user to set the network device into the promiscuous mode. It's based on the patch http://perso.hurdfr.org/mmenal/promisc.patch. Here is the patch. Needed for GNU Mach 1.2 Based on the patch in http://perso.hurdfr.org/mmenal/promisc.patch 2008-07-29 Zheng Da <[EM

Re: Some questions about the translator that helps open the device

[EMAIL PROTECTED], le Fri 08 Aug 2008 01:03:38 +0200, a écrit : > On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 06:23:04PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED], le Wed 06 Aug 2008 17:27:53 +0200, a écrit : > > > The point is rather that for network devices, the *standard* IO > > > operations make no sense

Re: How to provide proxy nodes

Hi, On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 09:11:08PM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 7:53 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 02:17:34PM +0300, Sergiu Ivanov wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:16 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That's why I wonder whether we sh

Re: Some questions about the translator that helps open the device

Hi, On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 06:23:04PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], le Wed 06 Aug 2008 17:27:53 +0200, a écrit : > > The point is rather that for network devices, the *standard* IO > > operations make no sense. > > Well, yes they do, see tap devices: read/write packets. No