Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:22:56 +0200 From: Henrik Brix Andersen <henrik@brixandersen.dk> To: Max Laier <max@love2party.net> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pf 4.1 Update available for testing Message-ID: <20070710132256.GD64775@tirith.brixandersen.dk> In-Reply-To: <200707101520.12272.max@love2party.net> References: <200706160347.33331.max@love2party.net> <20070710131224.GC64775@tirith.brixandersen.dk> <200707101520.12272.max@love2party.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--a2FkP9tdjPU2nyhF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Max, On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 03:20:05PM +0200, Max Laier wrote: > On Tuesday 10 July 2007, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote: > Oh ... forgot about that ... there are several problems with that. First= =20 > of all RELENG_6 is missing the interface group infrastructure which is=20 > essential to pf now. This makes it difficult to produce patches. I=20 > could do it, but ... I see. > > Do you plan on MFC'ing pf-4.1 to RELENG_6 before RELENG_6_3 is > > branched? >=20 > ... it can never be MFCed due to the ABI breakage in several essential=20 > places (ifnet and pf ioctls). >=20 > There is some work going on in OpenBSD 4.2 to reduce userland ABI changes= =20 > in the future, but for now updating pf means breaking ABIs means no MFC= =20 > unfortunately. Ah, of course - didn't think of that. Guess we'll just have to wait for 7.0 to hit the streets, then :) Thank you for working on this. Regards, Brix --=20 Henrik Brix Andersen <henrik@brixandersen.dk> --a2FkP9tdjPU2nyhF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: GnuPG signed iD8DBQFGk4gvv+Q4flTiePgRAkFtAJ4gq+NFiEBbKJpn5LEbWipy+1bqZQCgwgYD 8mf3EydbfPIIoXpbnTsQw2o= =qRsq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a2FkP9tdjPU2nyhF--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20070710132256.GD64775>