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From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
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On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 12:53:21PM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote:

> ifi_mtu, etc remain in the same location because the two new variables
> fill in the hidden padding required to align ifi_mtu.  I've verified
> that old and new ifconfigs work with old and new kernels.  The change
> will allow 4.11 ifconfigs to work with 6.x if we add fields to struct
> if_data (fairly probable).

Ok, thanks.  Since you were relying on invisible padding you had me
worried. ;-)

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