cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c src/sys/net if.c if.h

[Brooks Davis]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:37:52AM -0700, Peter Wemm wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 September 2004 11:22 am, Brooks Davis wrote:
> > brooks      2004-09-01 18:22:14 UTC
> >
> >   FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >   Modified files:
> >     sbin/ifconfig        ifconfig.c
> >     sys/net              if.c if.h
> >   Log:
> >   Use a spare byte in struct if_data to store the structure size
> > without increasing it.  Add code to ifconfig to use this size to find
> > the sockaddr_dl after the struct if_data in the routing message. 
> > This allows struct if_data to grow (up to 255 bytes) without breaking
> > ifconfig.
> >
> >   Submitted by:   peter
> >
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.107     +4 -1      src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
> >   1.202     +1 -0      src/sys/net/if.c
> >   1.90      +1 -0      src/sys/net/if.h
> 
> I'd like this to get into 5.x if possible too.  It'll ease cross-booting 
> of 5.x and 6.x kernels for a while.  Granted, that wont be a good thing 
> to do after things diverge more, but for now this will help.

That's my plan.  It needs another two days in current before I can
submit and MT5 request though.

-- Brooks

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