CFT: new trunk(4)

Wed Apr 18 08:48:04 UTC 2007

In the last episode (Apr 13), Oliver Fromme said:
> Christian Brueffer wrote:
>  > Andrew Thompson wrote:
>  > > I can see this topic coming up again so it could save some time
>  > > to rename the driver now. It would mean that we lose the naming
>  > > link to the same driver in OpenBSD but you cant win em all.
>  > > 
>  > > Some names that have been suggested are:
>  > > 
>  > > linkag(4)
>  > > agr(4)
>  > > bond(4)   <- same as linux
>  > 
>  > agr(4) as I understand it sounds very restrictive to me
>  > considering the different modes trunk(4) supports.  I'd prefer
>  > bond(4) (also a great opportunaty to add some 007 jokes to the
>  > manpage :-P).
> 
> Personally I also prefer bond(4).  However, _if_ you choose agr(4),
> please spell it correctly as aggr(4) ("aggregation").

Solaris calls its device aggr(4), btw.

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	Dan Nelson
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