Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 01:29:02 +0300 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>, Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Adding new media types to if_media.h Message-ID: <20150225222902.GD17947@glebius.int.ru> In-Reply-To: <CAFOYbc=Zw7S70d=rjTXdnfajM8cmbCNVH4QPfEBz=HkjRc0wMw@mail.gmail.com> References: <BC6AB805-B699-438E-9EC6-015C005D6B1D@neville-neil.com> <201502170150.t1H1ouxM020621@mail.karels.net> <20150225221120.GC17947@FreeBSD.org> <CAFOYbc=Zw7S70d=rjTXdnfajM8cmbCNVH4QPfEBz=HkjRc0wMw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 02:17:44PM -0800, Jack Vogel wrote:
J> So we have products coming soon that need to extend the media, if you have
J> grandiose plans in the future you can worry about things then, Linux can
J> handle the extended media TODAY, wouldn't it be nice to do so as well?
I didn't suggest to wait, did I?
J> Also, this solution is something that can be MFC'd into 10 STABLE,
J> if you do something big in the 11 stream I will be that wont be possible,
J> so I'd say lets do this as a first step.
That would mean that new SIOCXGIFMEDIA needs to be supported from now and
forever, still using the old structure and still limited to 62 types.
Alternative is:
In head:
- new if_media, new value for SIOCGIFMEDIA, old API preserved via
keeping oif_media, OSIOCGIFMEDIA, keeping it contained under
ifdef BURN_BRIDGES. With a possibility to remove it some foreseable
future.
Merging to stable/10:
- new if_media by the name of nif_media, new SIOCGIFMEDIA by name of
NSIOCGIFMEDIA
- old API untouched
This way we still are able to introduce new feature to stable/10. But
the ugly compat code is put into the branch with limited lifetime,
instead of carrying it to future.
--
Totus tuus, Glebius.
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