cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c src/sys/net if.c if.h

[Peter Wemm]

On Wednesday 01 September 2004 11:22 am, Brooks Davis wrote:
> brooks      2004-09-01 18:22:14 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     sbin/ifconfig        ifconfig.c
>     sys/net              if.c if.h
>   Log:
>   Use a spare byte in struct if_data to store the structure size
> without increasing it.  Add code to ifconfig to use this size to find
> the sockaddr_dl after the struct if_data in the routing message. 
> This allows struct if_data to grow (up to 255 bytes) without breaking
> ifconfig.
>
>   Submitted by:   peter
>
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.107     +4 -1      src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
>   1.202     +1 -0      src/sys/net/if.c
>   1.90      +1 -0      src/sys/net/if.h

I'd like this to get into 5.x if possible too.  It'll ease cross-booting 
of 5.x and 6.x kernels for a while.  Granted, that wont be a good thing 
to do after things diverge more, but for now this will help.

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