Re: FreeBSD vs Linux, Solaris, and NT

[Dennis]

>: Still, I personally believe, that "core" or general "freebsd community"
>: should explicitly state, that support for binary drivers and support for
>: easier inclusion of binary driver or just third party driver is eagerly
>: encouraged. And as much as possible, easy inclusion of binary drivers
>: sould be kept in mind whether makeing changes to /usr/src/Makefile or
>: kernel interfaces or even discussions on the freebsd lists.
>
>Core has stated in the past a strong desire for developers not to
>break kernel interfaces within minor releases.


4.1 broke that "policy" rather badly. Perhaps its time to get rid of the 
mbuf macros, as any change to that structure breaks binary compatibility in 
the worst way possible.

DB



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