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
it to a mbuf. This patch makes it attach it to mbuf. This patch
is in preperation for Bosko Milekic's mbuf external reference
counting patches.
PR: 19866 (first stage)
Submitted by: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
Reviewed by: alfred
This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
- fill in and use ifp->if_softc
- use if_bpf rather than private cookie variables
- change bpf interface to take advantage of this
- call ether_ifattach() directly from Ethernet drivers
- delete kludge in if_attach() that did this indirectly
It is common case when modem hangs with carier on but don't
receive anything from another side.
This thing commonly healed with hangup and redialing.
Enhancements below allows to determine when such action
is needed and inform attach program with SIGURG signal.
There two ioctls set: outfill and keepalive, used from both
sides of connection. Outfill repeatedly sends FRAME_END with
specified timeout (i.e. 40 seconds). It is needed to get input on
other side even if no user activity on slip line currently.
Keepalive checks FRAME_ENDs from other side, and if no one
got in specified timeout (i.e. 60 seconds, max modem retrain time),
send SIGURG to attach program.
I plan to add code to slattach to handle this thing too.
Reviewed by: wollman
