Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 12:04:47 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> Cc: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>, Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/an if_an.c if_an_isa.c if_an_pccard.c if_an_pci.c src/sys/dev/ar if_ar.c src/sys/dev/awi awi.c if_awi_pccard.c src/sys/dev/bge if_bge.c if_bgereg.h src/sys/dev/cm smc90cx6.c src/sys/dev/cnw if_cnw.c src/sys/dev/cs ... Message-ID: <20021115120447.C4826@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <15829.20547.24539.647339@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>; from gallatin@cs.duke.edu on Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 02:51:31PM -0500 References: <200211142354.gAENstXE004776@repoman.freebsd.org> <20021115143004.A54902@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <20021115114335.A4826@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <15829.20547.24539.647339@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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--OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 02:51:31PM -0500, Andrew Gallatin wrote: >=20 > Brooks Davis writes: > >=20 > > I've got the if_xname change coming, but we're waiting until after DP2 > > because it breaks some ports. I'm going to try and roll up a new patch > > soon and see if Kris can to do a ports run soon. >=20 > Can you remind me what the motivation for the changes are? I started > reading about it somewhere in the middle of a thread, so I'm curious > why you want to make these changes. The short list is, increased compatability with NetBSD and OpenBSD, ability to name interfaces arbitrarily (e.g. lax-t1, sfo-ds1, etc.) and thus usefully rename interfaces, cleaner code for most uses of either if_name or if_unit, and hopefully, easier implementation of intresting cloning functions like fxp0.10 as a vlan interface. The downside is an API incompatability, but we're talking about trading two assignments for an snprintf in most drivers so the #if's aren't too bad. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE91VNeXY6L6fI4GtQRAkScAKCxsYOguxyzhf4lwPZOzQmDG50ZWgCfUnNb z3RbRmNMCb+a7LjhKBYrLTE= =Hb1x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OBd5C1Lgu00Gd/Tn-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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