From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 23 09:09:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F2A6106566C; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:09:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oleg@lath.rinet.ru) Received: from lath.rinet.ru (lath.rinet.ru [195.54.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2981E8FC12; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:09:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from oleg@lath.rinet.ru) Received: by lath.rinet.ru (Postfix, from userid 222) id 1F21E7018; Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:53:37 +0300 (MSK) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:53:37 +0300 From: Oleg Bulyzhin To: Luigi Rizzo Message-ID: <20090123085337.GB54838@lath.rinet.ru> References: <20090123081028.GA38763@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090123081028.GA38763@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: stable@freebsd.org, re@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backporting dummynet's q_time change ? (svn 184414) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:09:03 -0000 On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 09:10:28AM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > in your logmessage for the q_time change in dummynet > http://svn.freebsd.org/viewvc/base?view=revision&revision=184414 > > mentions an ABI change that would prevent backporting. > > However, as far as I can tell, the kernel side of the change is > fully self-contained in the ip_dummynet module, and the only > side effect on an out-of-sync userland (/sbin/ipfw) is that > you would not be able to run "ipfw pipe show" -- but you > can still configure ipfw rules and pipes and tables without > problems. > > It seems to me that the change is sufficiently useful to deserve > a MFC, and the side effects are negligible and do not prevent an > upgrade with the usual sequence (installkernel-reboot-installworld) > > Any objection to an MFC ? > > cheers > luigi > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Have you seen this? http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/184506 -- Oleg. ================================================================ === Oleg Bulyzhin -- OBUL-RIPN -- OBUL-RIPE -- oleg@rinet.ru === ================================================================