Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 14:47:48 -0500 From: George Neville-Neil <gnn@neville-neil.com> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org, net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: axing KAME interface ioctls Message-ID: <6FE2CC33-D647-436D-A40D-7BEDC25D9619@neville-neil.com> In-Reply-To: <20131105120240.GA7577@FreeBSD.org> References: <20131105110114.GQ1467@FreeBSD.org> <20131105120240.GA7577@FreeBSD.org>
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--Apple-Mail=_7DEF8B22-DD49-40D3-B1F9-68EEF234FB98 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:02 , Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 03:01:14PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > T> Hello. > T>=20 > T> Since 1999 we have got some dead code from KAME, namely support = for these > T> ioctls: > T>=20 > T> SIOCALIFADDR > T> SIOCGLIFADDR > T> SIOCDLIFADDR > T> SIOCSLIFPHYADDR > T> SIOCGLIFPHYADDR > T>=20 > T> We don not have any software in base that use (or used) them. The = ports > T> exp-run with SIOC.LIFADDR undefined didn't reveal any port that use = them. > T> I forgot to add SIOC.LIFPHYADDR to exp-run, but pretty sure these = are unused, > T> too. > T>=20 > T> What did this ioctls do? They are KAME version of SIOCAIFADDR, = and > T> SIOCSIFPHYADDR respectively. Some operating systems (at least HPUX) > T> have adopted them, and some software may use them on these systems. > T> Anyway, in FreeBSD all software always used our native ioctls. > T>=20 > T> I hope there is no objections against axing these in head/. >=20 > Patch attached. >=20 Please do. Best, George --Apple-Mail=_7DEF8B22-DD49-40D3-B1F9-68EEF234FB98 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iEYEARECAAYFAlKCheQACgkQYdh2wUQKM9LRqgCfTxyySeTkF4lBH2CO4xIVu5nj RaMAnR/OXqQxFk06IBwHW1QyqU8Hjrhu =2hBB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_7DEF8B22-DD49-40D3-B1F9-68EEF234FB98--
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