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From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To: Andy Doran <ad@psn.ie>
Subject: Re: /usr/include/net
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On 04-Mar-99 Andy Doran wrote:
>> But let's say that 3.x and 4.x use the if_var.h, how would I best use
>> this with includes? use #ifndef __FREEBSD_2_2__; #include <net/if_var.h>?
>> 
> See the FAQ/Handbook entry on porting for more information, but basically
> AFAIR:

It's not for a port, it's for native support alongsides Linux and a couple
of other OS's.
 
> -- snip
>#include <sys/param.h>
> 
>#if defined(__FreeBSD__) && __FreeBSD_version >= 300001
>#include <net/if_var.h>
>#endif
> --snip

thanks, will try

> If you're getting interface lists, a lot of stuff has changed from
> 3.0-RELEASE (queues are now used). Take a look interface.c from the
> latest source for fetchmail for an example, which I added FreeBSD support
> to.

Well, the reason the program gets interface lists is because it needs them
for routing, in how much this is a general hack I still need to find out
and I'll be calling on -hackers whenever I need more advice =)

The program is the Zebra project @ www.zebra.org

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Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven     <http://www.freebsdzine.org> 
asmodai(at)wxs.nl        The idea does not replace the work...
Network/Security Specialist      <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>
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