From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 3 11:57:56 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6193C150AA for ; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:57:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA05332; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:57:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) From: John Polstra Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) id LAA78943; Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:57:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:57:35 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199903031957.LAA78943@vashon.polstra.com> To: phk@critter.freebsd.dk Subject: Re: Request for review: changes to if_vlan.c In-Reply-To: <18961.920316877@critter.freebsd.dk> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: current@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <18961.920316877@critter.freebsd.dk>, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > It should have been done with a simple ascii string instead. The > drivers are much better at chewing on it than the "generic" code, > it would be simpler to understand, simpler to implement, you wouldn't > need to rebuild ifconfig all the time and it would be vastly more > flexible. > > Anyone who thinks this sounds like a replay from when I stuck my > fingers in sysctl some years back are right. > > > For some reason, some people around our camp-fire, have a hard time > understanding that compiletime enumeration of potential options > is a concept that died with the "VAX Handbook 1978 edition". > Amen, brother! Get it said! People who claim that strings are "too slow" would benefit greatly from spending a few days with the profiler. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message