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Date:      Mon, 6 Jun 2005 12:52:16 +0100
From:      Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org>
To:        Max Laier <max@love2party.net>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, thompsa@FreeBSD.org, "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if.c if.h if_ethersubr.c if_llc.h if_types.h if_var.h src/sys/netinet if_ether.c src/sys/sys sockio.h
Message-ID:  <20050606115216.GC734@empiric.icir.org>
In-Reply-To: <200506060615.03647.max@love2party.net>
References:  <200506050313.j553DDw0014630@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050605.211805.76955371.imp@bsdimp.com> <200506060615.03647.max@love2party.net>

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On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 06:14:54AM +0200, Max Laier wrote:
> ifconfig uses plain ioctl's for that, it doesn't know anything about stru=
ct=20
> ifnet.  What suffers from changes like this are programs that use kmem(4)=
 to=20
> access the ifnet list directly.  A grep turns up: routed(8), ifmcstat(8) =
and=20
> netstat(1), but there might be others.  A buildworld is best when in doub=
t.

Yay. I knew I'd be vindicated one day for adding redundant functionality
to netstat (netstat -g's Group Memberships vs ifmcstat). :-)

I say we keep netstat -g and nuke ifmcstat -- it's not even useful for the
'I've got a coredump file here and I want to know what the multicast groups
were when I took the dump' situation as it takes no other arguments.

If we need *that* functionality it should go elsewhere as per Brooks'
suggestion to me in private email, IMHO.

BMS

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