From owner-svn-src-user@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 28 00:01:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-user@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 334281065676 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:01:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from max@love2party.net) Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC70C8FC13 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:01:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vampire.homelinux.org (dslb-088-066-032-020.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.66.32.20]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LzWOk-1O1qAG2LVi-014oQq; Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:01:26 +0100 Received: (qmail 26633 invoked from network); 28 Dec 2009 00:01:26 -0000 Received: from f8x64.laiers.local (192.168.4.188) by ns1.laiers.local with SMTP; 28 Dec 2009 00:01:26 -0000 From: Max Laier Organization: FreeBSD To: Julian Elischer Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:01:25 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.4 (FreeBSD/8.0-RELEASE; KDE/4.3.4; amd64; ; ) References: <200912271917.nBRJH3WH064688@svn.freebsd.org> <4B37C66D.9040505@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <4B37C66D.9040505@elischer.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200912280101.26021.max@love2party.net> X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+bb6HOpavjV/n225NjCgyHUPjEK1m1GpRr1ds YkXOjjNhkINzD2M/s2eyLINvq5arTa8qn8d77IMbGdnP4bs8wq cDdBsPJWmppaf1kUBY8Xg== Cc: Luigi Rizzo , src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-user@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r201057 - in user/luigi/ipfw3-head/sys/netinet: . ipfw X-BeenThere: svn-src-user@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the experimental " user" src tree" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:01:28 -0000 On Sunday 27 December 2009 21:41:17 Julian Elischer wrote: > Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > Author: luigi > > Date: Sun Dec 27 19:17:03 2009 > > New Revision: 201057 > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/201057 > > > > Log: > > Historically, BSD keeps ip_len and ip_off in host format when doing > > layer 3 processing. This often requires to translate the format > > back and forth. > > [...] > > > Eventually, I would like these fields to remain in network format > > across the lifetime of a packet, but this may take a long time, > > so let's see if we can find ways to at least make the switch easier. > > I think I'd go for this sooner than later. It's always annoyed me. +1