Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 13:19:30 +0300 (EEST) From: Iasen Kostov <ikostov@otel.net> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, <hackers@FreeBSD.org>, <net@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Increasing size of if_flags field in the ifnet structure [patch for review] Message-ID: <20020816131654.H18061-100000@shadowhand.OTEL.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0208151150091.27476-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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Please take a look at this patch. It implement 1 more flag to if_flags and ofcourse it increases size of this flag field by using if_ipending which is unused. On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Julian Elischer wrote: > you cannot break ABIs in 4.x > in 5.x it will probably be ok until (say) 5.1 or something. > > > On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > > > Folks, > > > > When implementing ability to switch interface into promisc mode using > > ifconfig(8) I've stumbled into the problem with already exhausted > > space in the `short if_flags' field in the ifnet structure. I need to > > allocate one new flag, while we already have 16 IFF_* flags, and even > > one additional flag which is implemented using currently free > > if_ipending field of the said structure. Attached patch is aimed at > > increasing size of if_flags to 32 bits, as well as to clean-up > > if_ipending abuse. Granted, it will break backward ABI compatibility, > > but IMO it is not a big problem. > > > > Comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > > > -Maxim > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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