new CARP implementation

[Andre Oppermann]

On 14.10.2011 20:02, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 07:43:33PM +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> A>  On 13.10.2011 18:02, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> A>  >     Hello networkers,
> A>  >
> A>  >     I've updated patch&   README here:
> A>  >
> A>  >     http://people.freebsd.org/~glebius/newcarp/
> A>  >
> A>  >     Going to commit it to head/ soon. Then I'd like to make
> A>  >  a run through carp-related PRs, update documentation, settle
> A>  >  things a bit... and then make more hacking to restore the
> A>  >  arpbalance feature, as well as bring in ipbalance feature.
> A>
> A>  Excellent! Great work. Looks good.
> A>
> A>  One minor nit: Carp is directly enabled by specifying the vhid.
> A>  Would it be possible to introduce the keyword "carp" and "-carp"
> A>  to actually enable/disable an interface for carp?
>
> We could add additional interface flag, but I don't see point in
> enabling/disabling CARP per-interface.

Suspending the interface from the group, but retaining the configuration
could be one reason.

> btw, you can configure a VHID and don't attach any addresses
> to it.

How does that work? What purpose does it serve?

-- 
Andre