Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 22:57:37 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ia_netbroadcast Message-ID: <20040520205737.GW845@darkness.comp.waw.pl> In-Reply-To: <40AD1B39.AAF75D9D@freebsd.org> References: <20040518092439.GF845@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <20040518024346.A5068@xorpc.icir.org> <20040518100503.GG845@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <20040518034756.A9648@xorpc.icir.org> <20040520152127.GP845@darkness.comp.waw.pl> <40AD1B39.AAF75D9D@freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 10:55:21PM +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote: +> > Ok, this patch: +> > +> > http://people.freebsd.org/~pjd/patches/no_old_style_nets.patch +> > +> > removes ia_netbroadcast, ia_net, ia_netmask field from structure +> > in_ifaddr and removes sysctl net.inet.ip.subnets_are_local as suggested +> > in commit log of revision 1.24 of file netinet/in.c: +> > +> > Set subnetsarelocal to false. In a classless world, the other case +> > is almost never useful. (This is only a quick hack; someone should +> > go back and delete the entire subnetsarelocal==1 code path.) +> > +> > Tests and comments are welcome. +> +> I have checked that at least Win2k doesn't use the classful broadcast +> address anymore. I don't know about older versions of Windows. +> +> However I'm not yet sure we (better I) understand all implications of +> removing the things you do in your patch. Please hold off for a moment +> until I've finished thinking and looking through the implications. Don't worry. I'm not going to commit it before I hear clear "Go ahead!". -- Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.FreeBSD.org pjd@FreeBSD.org http://garage.freebsd.pl FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFArRvBForvXbEpPzQRArHWAKDEk5Puq0OUDGpy2x0TRgCMpMemcgCfc6Ur NUG0S8cmF3X9dKr1b1IamjM= =EZbh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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