fwe -> fwip in GENERIC?

[Doug Rabson]

The fwip implementation should be fully compatible with the RFC 
standard. I'm happy for fwip to replace fwe in GENERIC unless anyone 
else has an objection.

On Saturday 15 October 2005 03:35, Katsushi Kobayashi wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Although I don't know the detail of fwe technology, I understand the
> technology is a proprietary one. It is better to provide a
> compatibility with RFC standard firewire over IP, if some volunteer
> are there.
>
> On 2005/10/15, at 9:58, Cai, Quanqing wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > When I was fixing bug kern/82727:
> > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=kern/82727, I found we
> > use fwe(Ethernet over FireWire) in GENERIC kernel, not fwip(IP over
> > FireWire).
> > But we all know that IP over FireWire is more widely used on other
> > OSes, and
> > now this bug is fixed, do we need change fwe to fwip?
> >
> > I talked it with Tai-hwa Liang, he agrees with me. But he suggests
> > me to
> > post here for more advices, since there might be some
> > considerations such
> > like backward compatibility or code size that makes re@ made this
> > decision.
> >
> > Please give you advice or opinion.
> >
> > Best
> > Cai, Quanqing
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