Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 13:39:43 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@icir.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ia_netbroadcast Message-ID: <20040518113943.GI845@darkness.comp.waw.pl> In-Reply-To: <20040518034756.A9648@xorpc.icir.org> References: <20040518092439.GF845@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <20040518024346.A5068@xorpc.icir.org> <20040518100503.GG845@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <20040518034756.A9648@xorpc.icir.org>
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--KBjcE0k8Zsqds9qm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 03:47:56AM -0700, Luigi Rizzo wrote: +> On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 12:05:03PM +0200, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: +> ... +> > +> > Do we still need ia_netboradcast field? It is calculated dependin= g on +> > +> > old-fashion classes (A, B, C). Is it used still? +> > +> > I wonder if ia_broadaddr isn't sufficient today. +> > +>=20 +> > +> not just that, it seems that ia_netboradcast contains bogus info. +> >=20 +> > So? +>=20 +> nuke it! +> Also if, as Andre said, it might be used by windows apps, +> one could certainly compute it on the fly from the IP address. I think it will be much better if some of you guys will nuke it, as you understand this code much better than me. Thanks! --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.FreeBSD.org pjd@FreeBSD.org http://garage.freebsd.pl FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --KBjcE0k8Zsqds9qm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAqfX/ForvXbEpPzQRAkWQAKC6FSf5JLSdsol4Mbr/EwI8apZtCgCg1WHb yOcaGelLZ9vwPTrQZ8Q6CWM= =9Rk0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --KBjcE0k8Zsqds9qm--
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