On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 09:53:00AM -0800, Archie Cobbs wrote:
> ...
> > > managed and can be extended to point to additional ifnet state that
> > > does not fit in the immutable one...
> >
> > Why is it important to avoid changing 'struct ifnet' ?
>
> backward compatibility with binary-only drivers ...
> Not that i care too much (in the end it is for the benefit of
> a limited set of people which could as well not upgrade, vs.
> preventing useful functionality to be added in a safe way),
> but some people do and i can see their point.
> On the other hand, this also means we can never progress if not
> on major releases or unless changes slip in unnoticed...
It is possible to hang extra info off the ifnet structure if one is
careful. just not IN it..
>
> cheers
> luigi
>
> > -Archie
> >
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