Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:51:32 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Gleb Kurtsou <gleb.kurtsou@gmail.com> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r230207 - in head/sys: netinet sys Message-ID: <20120119145132.GZ12760@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20120119143837.GA28308@reks> References: <201201160953.q0G9rPp8026625@svn.freebsd.org> <20120119143837.GA28308@reks>
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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.
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