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From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To: Gleb Kurtsou <gleb.kurtsou@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: svn commit: r230207 - in head/sys: netinet sys
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On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 04:38:38PM +0200, Gleb Kurtsou wrote:
G> On (16/01/2012 09:53), Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
G> > Author: glebius
G> > Date: Mon Jan 16 09:53:24 2012
G> > New Revision: 230207
G> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/230207
G> > 
G> > Log:
G> >   Drop support for SIOCSIFADDR, SIOCSIFNETMASK, SIOCSIFBRDADDR, SIOCSIFDSTADDR
G> >   ioctl commands.
G> 
G> What was the reason for dropping them? "80-ish ioctl" doesn't justify
G> reducing compatibility with other unix-like OS'es (namely linux).

The reason is to get code more readable and thus maintainable. You can compare
in_control() + in_addprefix() in the stable/9 with what we have in head now.
Which one would you prefer to hack on?

I wouldn't claim compatibility for the commands that didn't work very well.
I won't also name Linux, since these commands predate the Linux itself.

Do you use them? Or do you know software that use them?

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.