Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:26:49 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if.c if_ethersubr.c Message-ID: <20080730192554.D89526@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <200807301819.m6UIJj7n003926@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200807301819.m6UIJj7n003926@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2008, Robert Watson wrote: > rwatson 2008-07-30 17:27:10 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_7) > sys/net if.c if_ethersubr.c > Log: > SVN rev 181001 on 2008-07-30 17:27:10Z by rwatson > > Merge r176906 from head to stable/7: > > Move IFF_NEEDSGIANT warning from if_ethersubr.c to if.c so it is displayed > for all network interfaces, not just ethernet-like ones. > > Upgrade it to a louder WARNING and be explicit that the flag is obsolete. > Support for IFF_NEEDSGIANT will be removed in a few months (see arch@ for > details) and will not appear in 8.0. > > Upgrade if_watchdog to a WARNING. Just to be completely clear: there are no plans to remove IFF_NEEDSGIANT from 7.x, just 8.x, but the interfaces here remain obsoleted. Robert N M Watson Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge
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