On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:02 , Gleb Smirnoff <gleb...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 03:01:14PM +0400, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > T> Hello. > T> > T> Since 1999 we have got some dead code from KAME, namely support for these > T> ioctls: > T> > T> SIOCALIFADDR > T> SIOCGLIFADDR > T> SIOCDLIFADDR > T> SIOCSLIFPHYADDR > T> SIOCGLIFPHYADDR > T> > T> We don not have any software in base that use (or used) them. The ports > T> exp-run with SIOC.LIFADDR undefined didn't reveal any port that use them. > T> I forgot to add SIOC.LIFPHYADDR to exp-run, but pretty sure these are > unused, > T> too. > T> > T> What did this ioctls do? They are KAME version of SIOCAIFADDR, and > T> SIOCSIFPHYADDR respectively. Some operating systems (at least HPUX) > T> have adopted them, and some software may use them on these systems. > T> Anyway, in FreeBSD all software always used our native ioctls. > T> > T> I hope there is no objections against axing these in head/. > > Patch attached. > Please do. Best, George
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