From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 22 05:48:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id FAA26603 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 22 Oct 1997 05:48:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from word.smith.net.au (word.smith.net.au [202.0.75.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id FAA26571 for ; Wed, 22 Oct 1997 05:47:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost.smith.net.au [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00847; Wed, 22 Oct 1997 22:13:17 +0930 (CST) Message-Id: <199710221243.WAA00847@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Darren Reed cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more struct ifnet move lossage. In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 22 Oct 1997 22:15:50 +1000." <199710221215.WAA06516@plum.cyber.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 22:13:15 +0930 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > I'm curious...does tcpdump still compile on -current, `out of the box' ? src/usr.sbin/tcpdump, src/contrib/tcpdump. And look ma, no diffs. > (Just to state the obvious, you don't compile tcpdump with -DKERNEL) Speaking of stating the obvious; you don't expect to have the kernel-private data structures that are the subject of so much vitriolic hatred to stay put, do you? All of Terry's comments on a procedural interface are 100% on the mark. If you don't like the grief that the structure changes are causing you, now is the time to participating in producing a *BETTER* interface. mike