Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:36:15 +0200 (CEST) From: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.gmd.de> To: Maxim Sobolev <max@vega.com> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>, <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>, <net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Increasing size of if_flags field in the ifnet structure [patch Message-ID: <20020816143437.D24938-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de> In-Reply-To: <200208161211.g7GCBDrL005351@vega.vega.com>
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On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Maxim Sobolev wrote: MS>BTW, I've just realised that we can easily avoid breaking application MS>ABI by using currently unused ifr_ifru.ifru_flags[2] (aka. ifr_prevflags) MS>for storing another 16 flags. What do people think? The ifr_prevflags may be used by snmp daemons to provide the necessary atomic rollback. harti -- harti brandt, http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/cats/employees/hartmut.brandt/private brandt@fokus.gmd.de, brandt@fokus.fhg.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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