Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:16:23 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: net@freebsd.org, sam@errno.com Subject: Re: CFR: MFC of mtags Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211221215130.15030-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <200211221645.gAMGjKPH082267@vashon.polstra.com>
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He does have a point I have binary 3rd party drivers I rely on. On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, John Polstra wrote: > In article <196301c291e9$56d25e70$52557f42@errno.com>, Sam Leffler > <sam@errno.com> wrote: > > I want to commit the mbuf packet tag changes to stable. These > > changes replace the aux mbuf pointer in the mbuf with a list of > > "packet tags". This does not change the size of the mbuf structure > > but does affect any software that uses them (presently only KAME > > ipsec which has been patched to use packet tags instead). >=20 > I would strongly prefer that you not put this into the 4.x branch. > The project has a policy against incompatible ABI changes within the > -stable branch. If you do this MFC then those of us who rely on > third-party binary-only network drivers (such as the ET Inc. drivers, > upon which I and many others rely for network connectivity) will be > SOL. Changing the ABI within the branch is unfair to the vendors who > try to maintain drivers for FreeBSD, and it only discourages them from > trying to support our operating system. Let's just let the 4.x branch > live out the rest of its life span in a compatible way. >=20 > John > --=20 > John Polstra > John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington = USA > "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Ch=F6gyam Tr= ungpa >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message >=20 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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