Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:09:44 +0000 From: Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-user@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r201057 - in user/luigi/ipfw3-head/sys/netinet: . ipfw Message-ID: <4B391088.1030107@incunabulum.net> In-Reply-To: <4B37C66D.9040505@elischer.org> References: <200912271917.nBRJH3WH064688@svn.freebsd.org> <4B37C66D.9040505@elischer.org>
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On 27/12/2009 20:41, 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. It is a bit of a kicker for portability with other BSDs, and I wonder how much we actually gain with using host endian in IPv4, as opposed to tripping over it all the time.help
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