From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:54:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:54:32 -0400 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:34980 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:54:13 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:53:25 +0200 From: David Weinehall To: Wietse Venema Cc: Alan Cox , kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19 Message-ID: <20010910145325.X26627@khan.acc.umu.se> In-Reply-To: <20010910100537.W26627@khan.acc.umu.se> <20010910122603.80CA4BC06C@spike.porcupine.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20010910122603.80CA4BC06C@spike.porcupine.org>; from wietse@porcupine.org on Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 08:26:03AM -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 08:26:03AM -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: > David Weinehall: > > Are you saying that Linux should implement compability with _new_ > > features in FreeBSD 4.x, while at the same time frowning at the fact > > that Linux introduces a new API?! The mind boggles at the thought. > > SIOCGIFNETMASK is not "new". It exists in systems as ancient as > SunOS 4.x, which pre dates FreeBSD 4.x by about 10 years. > > Evidence: RTFM the Postfix source code :-) > > In other words, SIOCGIFNETMASK existed long before Linux could plug > into a network. "[snip] old and the new stuff, please name precisely the objections against portability and compatibility with FreeBSD 4.x aliasing." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is what lead me to my conclusion. Care to clarify? If you simply meant SIOCGIFNETMASK, why not write that instead instead of involving FreeBSD 4.x?! /David Weinehall _ _ // David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/