Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 21:08:27 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@uoguelph.ca> Cc: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r271504 - in head/sys: dev/oce dev/vmware/vmxnet3 dev/xen/netfront net netinet ofed/drivers/net/mlx4 Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1409132106360.80448@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <405398541.35874200.1410638660648.JavaMail.root@uoguelph.ca>
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2014, Rick Macklem wrote: > Well, there are spare fields (if_ispare[4]) in struct ifnet that I believe > can be used for new u_ints when MFC'ng a patch that adds fields to struct > ifnet in head. (If I have this wrong, someone please correct me.) In my notes from a few years ago on KBIs, it looked like we could potentially convert ifnet from "only use spares" to "OK to append to the structure in a stable branch". It used to be that ifnet was embedded in driver softcs, and so ifnet changes broke compiled driver modules, but this is no longer the case. A careful review might suggest to us that it's OK to simply add the new fields we want to the end, but need to do that review before assuming it. Roberthome | help
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