cvs commit: src/sys/net if.c if.h if_ethersubr.c if_llc.h if_types.h if_var.h src/sys/netinet if_ether.c src/sys/sys sockio.h

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <200506060615.03647.max at love2party.net>
            Max Laier <max at love2party.net> writes:
: On Monday 06 June 2005 05:18, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > In message: <200506050313.j553DDw0014630 at repoman.freebsd.org>
: >
: >             Andrew Thompson <thompsa at FreeBSD.org> writes:
: > :   Add hooks into the networking layer to support if_bridge. This changes
: > : struct ifnet so a buildworld is necessary.
: >
: > Can one at least ifconfig the IP address of a network interface with a
: > new kernel/old ifconfig and old kernel/new ifconfig?
: 
: ifconfig uses plain ioctl's for that, it doesn't know anything about struct 
: ifnet.  What suffers from changes like this are programs that use kmem(4) to 
: access the ifnet list directly.  A grep turns up: routed(8), ifmcstat(8) and 
: netstat(1), but there might be others.  A buildworld is best when in doubt.
: 
: To answer your concern, there should be no problem with ifconfig.

OK.  I was worried this might break the 'nfs mounted source/object'
upgrade path.  Sounds like it won't.  Thanks for the confirmation.

Warner