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authorbrooks <brooks@FreeBSD.org>2004-09-02 05:07:29 +0000
committerbrooks <brooks@FreeBSD.org>2004-09-02 05:07:29 +0000
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Back out ifi_epoch. The ABI breakage is too disruptive this close to
5-STABLE. ifi_epoch will shortly be reintroduced with less precistion using the space currently allocated to ifi_unused.
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@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 6.x IS SLOW:
developers choose to disable these features on build machines
to maximize performance.
+20040902:
+ The ifi_epoch change has been reverted because the ABI breakage
+ was too extensive. If you are running with a kernel/userland
+ containing the initial change (20040830), you should heed the
+ warning about ifconfig incompatibility when upgrading again.
+ With this change, 5.3 and 6.0 ifconfigs and kernels are once
+ again interoperable.
+
20040830:
A new variable, ifi_epoch, has been added to struct if_data
which is part if struct ifnet. This means all network drivers
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