Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:41:17 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-user@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r201057 - in user/luigi/ipfw3-head/sys/netinet: . ipfw Message-ID: <4B37C66D.9040505@elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <200912271917.nBRJH3WH064688@svn.freebsd.org> References: <200912271917.nBRJH3WH064688@svn.freebsd.org>
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Luigi Rizzo wrote: > Author: luigi > Date: Sun Dec 27 19:17:03 2009 > New Revision: 201057 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/201057 > > Log: > Historically, BSD keeps ip_len and ip_off in host format when doing > layer 3 processing. This often requires to translate the format > back and forth. [...] > > Eventually, I would like these fields to remain in network format > across the lifetime of a packet, but this may take a long time, > so let's see if we can find ways to at least make the switch easier. > I think I'd go for this sooner than later. It's always annoyed me.
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