Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2003 22:05:35 +0200 From: Vincent Jardin <vjardin@wanadoo.fr> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding if_dev member to struct ifnet Message-ID: <200310012205.35111.vjardin@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <20031001185458.GA29576@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <20030930174815.GC31908@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <200310012038.14062.vjardin@wanadoo.fr> <20031001185458.GA29576@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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> I've done something like this in my perforce branch
> (//depot/user/brooks/xname/...), but it isn't a real solution because
> I plan to follow up by breaking the assumption that if_xname remains
> constant for the life of the interface. If either if_dev or
> if_d{name,unit} are added, you could use those as you do now.
> You might consider using if_index instead since that's both unchanged
> over the life of the device and quick to check.
In this case, I agree that using if_index would be a better choice ;-)
Regards,
Vincent
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