setting (either default or if supported as set by SIOCSIFFIB, e.g.
from ifconfig).
Submitted by: Alexander V. Chernikov (melifaro ipfw.ru)
Reviewed by: julian
MFC after: 2 weeks
struct ifnet or the layer 2 common structure it was embedded in have
been replaced with a struct ifnet pointer to be filled by a call to the
new function, if_alloc(). The layer 2 common structure is also allocated
via if_alloc() based on the interface type. It is hung off the new
struct ifnet member, if_l2com.
This change removes the size of these structures from the kernel ABI and
will allow us to better manage them as interfaces come and go.
Other changes of note:
- Struct arpcom is no longer referenced in normal interface code.
Instead the Ethernet address is accessed via the IFP2ENADDR() macro.
To enforce this ac_enaddr has been renamed to _ac_enaddr.
- The second argument to ether_ifattach is now always the mac address
from driver private storage rather than sometimes being ac_enaddr.
Reviewed by: sobomax, sam
Silence on: net@, current@, hackers@.
No objections: joerg
Requested by: by many (mostly Cronyx) users for a long long time.
MFC after: 10 days
PR: kern/21771, kern/66348
