Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:57:35 -0800 (PST) From: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> To: phk@critter.freebsd.dk Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request for review: changes to if_vlan.c Message-ID: <199903031957.LAA78943@vashon.polstra.com> In-Reply-To: <18961.920316877@critter.freebsd.dk>
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In article <18961.920316877@critter.freebsd.dk>,
Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> 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.
>
> <GRUMBLE>
> 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".
> </GRUMBLE>
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
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