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Date:      Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:45:39 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: m_pkthdr.label now moved to m_tag
Message-ID:  <16028.3331.311284.866486@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030414164215.10656m-100000@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030414164215.10656m-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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Robert Watson writes:
 > 
 > Per a discussion here last year some time, I've gone ahead and moved the
 > MAC label from the mbuf packet header structure to optional meta-data in
 > an m_tag.  This should improve the cleanliness of the mbuf header, which
 > is possible now we have m_tags (thanks Sam!), which of course weren't
 > available when we originally did the MAC adaptation of the network stack. 

As one of the chief whiners who objected to having the MAC label in
the pkt hdr, I say: Thank you!

Drew



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