Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 01:52:42 +0900 From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: removing if_withname() Message-ID: <ygefzdqbxd1.wl%ume@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20040204193623.E1469@gamplex.bde.org> References: <20040203183332.GD27244@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <20040204193623.E1469@gamplex.bde.org>
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Hi,
>>>>> On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 19:39:06 +1100 (EST)
>>>>> Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> said:
> Bruce pointed out that if_withname is inconsistent about IFNAMSIZ. I
> was looking at it and cleaned it up, but then I realized that it is a
> really inefficient implementation of ifnet_byindex(sdl->sdl_index). It
> turns out that it's also completely unused so I'd like to remove it
> entirely rather then fixing it since it's both broken and pointless. Is
> there any reason not to do so?
bde> It seems to be a pat of KAME that has never been used in FreeBSD
bde> (net/if.c rev.1.77).
Yes, once, it was introduced during 1st KAME merge, it is not used in
current code in FreeBSD nor KAME. So, I believe it is safe to nuke
it.
Sincerely,
--
Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
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