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Date:      29 Jul 2002 14:20:24 +0400
From:      "Vladimir B. " Grebenschikov <vova@sw.ru>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc:        "net@freebsd.org" <net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: switching to if_xname from if_name and if_unit
Message-ID:  <1027938024.1080.12.camel@vbook.express.ru>
In-Reply-To: <20020726211050.A30598@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
References:  <20020726211050.A30598@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>

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=F7 Sat, 27.07.2002, =D7 08:10, Brooks Davis =CE=C1=D0=C9=D3=C1=CC:
> [Bcc to -arch for interested people not on -net]
>=20
> NetBSD and OpenBSD have replaced the "char *if_name" and "int if_unit"
> members of struct ifnet with "char if_xname[IFNAMESIZ]".  I propose that
> we follow suit.
>
> [... ]
>
> What do other people think?

We need this, it can allow interface renames.

> -- Brooks

--=20
Vladimir B. Grebenschikov
vova@sw.ru, SWsoft, Inc.

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