Re: proposed new if_data variable
From: Roman Kurakin (rik_at_cronyx.ru)
Date: 08/28/04
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Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 02:14:49 +0400 To: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>
Andre Oppermann:
>Brooks Davis wrote:
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>>I'd like to proposed adding a new variable, ifi_epoch, to struct
>>if_data. It will be set to the time the counters were zeroed,
>>currently, the time if_attach was called. The intent is to provide a
>>correct value for RFC2233's ifCounterDiscontinuityTime and to make it
>>easier for applications to verify that the interface they are looking at
>>is the same one that had this index last time.
>>
>>Since this will increase the size of struct if_data and thus struct
>>ifnet, the change needs to be made now if it's going to be made for
>>5-STABLE. Any comments on this idea?
>>
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>I'm all for it! Very useful.
>
This could be other reason to bump version ...
rik
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