Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19 | Date | Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:52:30 -0400 (EDT) | From | (Wietse Venema) |
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David Weinehall: > 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.
Other vendors with SIOCGIFNETMASK in 10-year old releases: DEC, HP, IBM.
> "[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?!
The poster was referring to systems that he has personal experience with. Not everyone is a dinosaur like I am.
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