On Feb 17, 2012, at 12:23 AM, Luigi Rizzo wrote: >> >> Thoughts, feedback and suggestion are welcome, > > I do like the idea, but the amount of changes will be massive > (see below). The thing that worries me the most is that it > will introduce huge changes between different releases, unless > we backport the accessors (while keeping the underlying struct ifnet > frozen so we preserve the kernel ABI).
Hi Luigi, That's a good point. When we have something to work with on -current and ideally with only a few drivers changed, we not only have a hybrid approach in -current, which allows us to stage the work, we also have the inherent support for backward compatibility. This then can be put in 9-stable to allow for "the new network" drivers to be used in a 9-stable code base as well. As for the amount of change: yes, it's large. But I think it's a good investment and an enabler for structural ifnet rework. FYI, -- Marcel Moolenaar mar...@xcllnt.net _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
