Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 13:14:30 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Nash <alex@zen.nash.org> To: nox@jelal.hb.north.de Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipfw (was: Re: lockups.) Message-ID: <199606291814.NAA06766@zen.nash.org>
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> > As far as accepting both versions: getting the new kernel to accept > > the old struct would be fairly easy, the new ip_fw struct has some > > extensions and two new flags, all easily defaulted. > > like... below? :) Sorry, but attempting to maintain backwards compatibility at this point is bogus. The original ip_fw struct shipped in 2.1R contains different fields yet is the exact same size as the previous ip_fw struct in stable. Checking for a 64 byte structure does not give you the information necessary to provide backwards compatibility. Alex
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