-current link layer spaghetti diagram

From: Julian Elischer (julian_at_elischer.org)
Date: 10/27/05

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    Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:46:03 -0700
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    A first attempt can be seen at:
    http://www.freebsd.org/~julian/layer2-current.pdf

    this is not a call graph, but a diagram of where packets can be passed.

    comments from vlan, pfil, CARP. if_bridge developers are welcome.
    those new-fangled bits worry me :-)

    julian
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