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Date:      Mon, 2 Jun 2014 13:51:40 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r266974 - in head/sys: dev/dc dev/fxp dev/mii dev/netmap kern net
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On Jun 2, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> Log:
>   Introduce a procedural interface to the ifnet structure.
*snip*

> Could you say a little bit about why so few reviewers?

Sorry, my bad. The change was proposed and discussed on arch@ with
pointers to the diff. Previous incarnations have been sent to net@
as well. I should have mentioned something along those lines.

>  Also, why "if_t" rather than an opaque "struct ifnet" to minimize =
churn, and also not conflict with other "if_t" types one might be using =
in third-party kernel modules.

This has been covered on arch@ as well. It's probably best if I refer
you to the email thread on arch@ so as to not pull emails out of
context:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-arch/2014-May/015379.html

>   It's a pretty general name, and that seems problematic.  In general =
am enthused about this happening, just minor implementation concerns.

It's appreciated.

--=20
Marcel Moolenaar
marcel@xcllnt.net



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