Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:01:25 +0100 From: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-user@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r201057 - in user/luigi/ipfw3-head/sys/netinet: . ipfw Message-ID: <200912280101.26021.max@love2party.net> In-Reply-To: <4B37C66D.9040505@elischer.org> References: <200912271917.nBRJH3WH064688@svn.freebsd.org> <4B37C66D.9040505@elischer.org>
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On Sunday 27 December 2009 21:41:17 Julian Elischer wrote: > 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. +1
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