Remove support for the /dev/net/* per-interface devices. They serve

little purpose and are unused in the base system.

The IOCTL functionality is entirely duplicated and routing sockets
provide a richer interface than the kqueue functionality.

Further, it is not practical for these devices to be made sensible in
the face of VIMAGE.

Bump __FreeBSD_version on the off chance that there is any code out
there that actually uses this stuff.

Reviewed by:	rwatson
Discussed with:	bz, zec
Approved by:	re@ (kensmith)

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/UPDATING b/UPDATING
index 82c5a6c..6b16621 100644
--- a/UPDATING
+++ b/UPDATING
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ NOTE TO PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT FreeBSD 8.x IS SLOW:
 	to maximize performance.  (To disable malloc debugging, run
 	ln -s aj /etc/malloc.conf.)
 
+20090629:
+	The network interface device nodes at /dev/net/<interface> have
+	been removed.  All ioctl operations can be performed the normal
+	way using routing sockets.  The kqueue functionality can
+	generally be replaced with routing sockets.
+
 20090628:
 	The documentation from the FreeBSD Documentation Project
 	(Handbook, FAQ, etc.) is now installed via packages by