svn commit: r201057 - in user/luigi/ipfw3-head/sys/netinet: . ipfw

[Max Laier]

On Sunday 27 December 2009 21:41:17 Julian Elischer wrote:
> Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> > Author: luigi
> > Date: Sun Dec 27 19:17:03 2009
> > New Revision: 201057
> > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/201057
> >
> > Log:
> >   Historically, BSD keeps ip_len and ip_off in host format when doing
> >   layer 3 processing.  This often requires to translate the format
> >   back and forth.
> 
> [...]
> 
> >   Eventually, I would like these fields to remain in network format
> >   across the lifetime of a packet, but this may take a long time,
> >   so let's see if we can find ways to at least make the switch easier.
> 
> I think I'd go for this sooner than later. It's always annoyed me.

+1