Jason Thorpe writes:
> 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 agree with both of those. I just think, though, that BPF should be
used for network monitoring and the like, and not for applications
that have very static filtering requirements.

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

Agreed.

Perry