Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 18:03:56 +0200 From: Pierre Beyssac <pb@fasterix.freenix.org> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>, Pierre Beyssac <pb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_var.h Message-ID: <19990520180356.A84590@fasterix.frmug.fr.net> In-Reply-To: <199905201538.IAA02589@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>; from Rodney W. Grimes on Thu, May 20, 1999 at 08:38:22AM -0700 References: <199905192300.QAA45814@freefall.freebsd.org> <199905201538.IAA02589@gndrsh.aac.dev.com>
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On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 08:38:22AM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > MFC: change reference count in struct ifaddr to a u_int, to be able
> > to handle more than 2^16 routes to the same interface.
>
> HEADSUP -- This will require compilation of many userland applications
> that have to deal with networking code due to the change in the size
> of the struct. In particular anything that prints route metrics or
> tries to deal with them will barf :-(.
netstat does work, as it uses another interface to get its metrics.
I've been very careful to check that. Also, I've tested it under
-current where I'm using gated and didn't have to recompile it
either.
It doesn't seem to break route or ifconfig either.
A quick grep through /usr/src/*sbin shows no occurence of "struct
ifaddr".
> Though I like this change, the interface change is going to cause me
> and probably many other users great pains on all the boxes we just
> upgraded to 3.2-STABLE or 3.2-RELEASE.
> I would like to ask this be backed out until 3.3-RELEASE.
It's purposely not in 3.2-RELEASE, I've been very careful to avoid
risking breaking the release.
I'd really prefer to back it out only if there is evidence of
serious problems with a given system utility.
--
Pierre Beyssac pb@fasterix.frmug.org pb@fasterix.freenix.org
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