If ip_randomid() is an asm rather than C code, I have sometimes
seen problems with an asm func calling another asm func. That
was long ago and far away, but is the only reason I can think of
for that change.
But whether the id is random or a counter, there is no reason to
htons it, as long as it's treated consistently, with externals
never compared with internals.
Barney Wolff
> > Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:10:19 -0700
> > From: Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > I can't think of anything off the top of my head, but there was some
> > reason why OpenBSD made this change:
> >
> > - ip_copy->ip_id = htons(ip_randomid());
> > + ip_copy->ip_id = ip_randomid();
> > + HTONS(ip_copy->ip_id);
> >
> > Presumably there was some reasoning there. Niels, can you shed any
> > light?
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