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Subject: Re: proposed new if_data variable
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Andre Oppermann:

>Brooks Davis wrote:
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>>I'd like to proposed adding a new variable, ifi_epoch, to struct
>>if_data.  It will be set to the time the counters were zeroed,
>>currently, the time if_attach was called.  The intent is to provide a
>>correct value for RFC2233's ifCounterDiscontinuityTime and to make it
>>easier for applications to verify that the interface they are looking at
>>is the same one that had this index last time.
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>>Since this will increase the size of struct if_data and thus struct
>>ifnet, the change needs to be made now if it's going to be made for
>>5-STABLE.  Any comments on this idea?
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>I'm all for it!  Very useful.
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This could be other reason to bump version ...

rik

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