Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list netdev); Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:32:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from havoc.gtf.org (havoc.gtf.org [63.247.75.124]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h7KIWFoO031680 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 11:32:16 -0700 Received: by havoc.gtf.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 4FA1D663B; Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:51:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 13:51:41 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik To: "Bryan O'Sullivan" Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: Best way to hook incoming eth pkts? Message-ID: <20030820175141.GB23984@gtf.org> References: <20030820154727.GB9119@gtf.org> <1061401697.12293.8.camel@serpentine.internal.keyresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1061401697.12293.8.camel@serpentine.internal.keyresearch.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-archive-position: 5149 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: jgarzik@pobox.com Precedence: bulk X-list: netdev Content-Length: 796 Lines: 22 On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:48:17AM -0700, Bryan O'Sullivan wrote: > On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 08:47, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > ATA-over-ethernet has its own > > IANA-registered ethernet type, but netconsole and netdump are using > > IP/UDP instead of a custom ethernet protocol. > > This is useful, because it minimises the work needed to get them going > over other transports, such as Myrinet. I'd rather not see the UDP > encapsulation go away. Netconsole is already messy enough to configure > and deal with; Matt Mackall's 2.6 forward port, that makes configuration > more IP-oriented instead of less, is a step in the right direction. Configuration has zero to do with the protocol of choice. I fully agree that current RH netconsole/netdump configuration is positively awful... Jeff