Re: removing carp(4)

[David Young <dyoung%pobox.com@localhost>]

On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 02:51:02AM +0100, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Nov 2011, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> >I haven't played with pkgsrc/net/ucarp on NetBSD...
> 
> After updating it, I can confirm that it does work.
> The only thing that didn't work out of the box was forcing one
> machine as the master with --preempt.

Thanks.

I have found another bug in carp(4): it calls the subordinate
interface's output method, sc_carpdev->if_output, on its own ifnet.  I
wouldn't expect for that to work reliably if the subordinate was an
ethernet, but breaks *very* badly if the subordinate is a gre(4).

Dave

-- 
David Young             OJC Technologies is now Pixo
dyoung%pixotech.com@localhost     Urbana, IL   (217) 344-0444 x24