On Wed, 31 Jan 1996 18:28:49 -0500 
 "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:

 > I keep wondering whether the bpf stuff should be replaced with an
 > (easy to produce) RARP protocol socket, MAC protocol raw socket, or
 > similar kernel hook. The code for it is trivial and needing to do BPF
 > all the time and take the performance hit on each packet on servers
 > doesn't feel right. It could also help other things if, for
 > instance, it was a general MAC protocol hook.

If someone were to do this, I hope that:

	- bpf wouldn't disappear
	- the programs that used the new interface kept the bpf code around

I kind of like having a somewhat portable rarpd, rbootd, etc.

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