Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:50:59 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Increasing size of if_flags field in the ifnet structure [patch for review] Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208151150091.27476-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <3D5BF635.3764C796@FreeBSD.org>
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you cannot break ABIs in 4.x in 5.x it will probably be ok until (say) 5.1 or something. On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Folks, > > When implementing ability to switch interface into promisc mode using > ifconfig(8) I've stumbled into the problem with already exhausted > space in the `short if_flags' field in the ifnet structure. I need to > allocate one new flag, while we already have 16 IFF_* flags, and even > one additional flag which is implemented using currently free > if_ipending field of the said structure. Attached patch is aimed at > increasing size of if_flags to 32 bits, as well as to clean-up > if_ipending abuse. Granted, it will break backward ABI compatibility, > but IMO it is not a big problem. > > Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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