Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:35:46 +0000 From: "Robert N. M. Watson" <rwatson@freebsd.org> To: Qing Li <qingli@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, Juli Mallett <jmallett@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r205024 - head/sys/net Message-ID: <821C1A82-27B6-4E09-9B56-93A687BE6445@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <9ace436c1003121056q1ebc90f6gf9f87c54dd187a20@mail.gmail.com> References: <201003111756.o2BHukJu042449@svn.freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1003112128020.97017@fledge.watson.org> <9ace436c1003111530s3bd0de9cq451671909fb6aa64@mail.gmail.com> <eaa228be1003111535s12febe62x91124b0a015fd0ff@mail.gmail.com> <9ace436c1003111539t2af8439cn315c695d4b90e28d@mail.gmail.com> <eaa228be1003111607s4e78fe73k26a67161642d510d@mail.gmail.com> <4B99EA09.80108@elischer.org> <20100312151931.GS37184@FreeBSD.org> <9ace436c1003121056q1ebc90f6gf9f87c54dd187a20@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mar 12, 2010, at 6:56 PM, Qing Li wrote: > Right now I like to implement Robert's suggestion of using = if_capabilities > field. I'd like to create a new flag, IFCAP_LINKSTATE_NOTIFY flag. > The routing decision will check against the if_link_state if this bit > is set. >=20 > Only a handful of drivers have this capability. So updating those = drivers > is a small task. >=20 > Do we agree on this approach? I'm good with this approach -- do you mind going with IFCAP_LINKSTATE or = something similarly a bit shorter? Most of the other capability names = are pretty short, and it will prevent the display in ifconfig from = growing too much as the capability will be common. Thanks! Robert=
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