Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 02:14:49 +0400 From: Roman Kurakin <rik@cronyx.ru> To: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: proposed new if_data variable Message-ID: <412FB259.5000200@cronyx.ru> In-Reply-To: <412F94BC.6360DC17@freebsd.org> References: <20040827200532.GE22253@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <412F94BC.6360DC17@freebsd.org>
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Andre Oppermann: >Brooks Davis wrote: > > >>I'd like to proposed adding a new variable, ifi_epoch, to struct >>if_data. It will be set to the time the counters were zeroed, >>currently, the time if_attach was called. The intent is to provide a >>correct value for RFC2233's ifCounterDiscontinuityTime and to make it >>easier for applications to verify that the interface they are looking at >>is the same one that had this index last time. >> >>Since this will increase the size of struct if_data and thus struct >>ifnet, the change needs to be made now if it's going to be made for >>5-STABLE. Any comments on this idea? >> >> > >I'm all for it! Very useful. > This could be other reason to bump version ... rik > > >
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