Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 16:32:52 -0600 From: shurd@sasktel.net To: Stephen Hurd <shurd@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-11@freebsd.org, Navdeep Parhar <np@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r304704 - in stable/11/sys: conf kern net sys Message-ID: <20160823163252.r0ut6a7d28kso08o@webmail.sasktel.net> In-Reply-To: <7723623e-67cf-0a0a-6cba-4a3f5bdb8f16@FreeBSD.org> References: <201608232121.u7NLLvDq072781@repo.freebsd.org> <7723623e-67cf-0a0a-6cba-4a3f5bdb8f16@FreeBSD.org>
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Hopefully the formatting is OK, I used webmail for this.
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On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:18:48 -0700, Navdeep Parhar wrote:
(I'm assuming that you do not plan to merge this to releng/11.0.)
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I'm=C2=A0working to get this into releng/11.0. =C2=A0The merge to
stable/11=C2=A0had to be done before a merge request can be sent to re@.
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It looks like the changes to iflib.h will break any external NIC dri=
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written/compiled against the iflib.h in 11.0.
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That is correct. =C2=A0All the currently known drivers (all of which are
presently external) which use iflib have been converted to the new
header already. =C2=A0Therre are at present no iflib.h consumers in the
tree or in ports.
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Is iflib considered part
of the KPI/KBI in FreeBSD 11 or is it for in-tree use only with no
interface guarantees? If it's the latter then why do we even have iflib
in 11.0 given that no in-tree driver in 11.0 uses it?
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There was hope to get one or two drivers in-tree for 11.0 (see the
review here: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7551), but given the timing
and the API changes, it seems unlikely.
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Thanks, Stephen Hurd
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