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Move struct if_data basic description to a more suitable place, and remove

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a bit of .Bx 4.4 history.

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Sergey Kandaurov 2012-03-07 14:53:53 +00:00
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@ -181,13 +181,7 @@ return pointers to these structures.
Each interface structure
contains an
.Vt if_data
structure, which contains statistics and identifying information used
by management programs, and which is exported to user programs by way
of the
.Xr ifmib 4
branch of the
.Xr sysctl 3
MIB.
structure used for statistics and information.
Each interface also has a
.Li TAILQ
of interface addresses, described by
@ -734,14 +728,15 @@ is marked or cleared in the interface's
.Va if_flags
to indicate the current mode of the interface.
.Ss The Vt if_data Ss Structure
In
.Bx 4.4 ,
a subset of the interface information believed to be of interest to
management stations was segregated from the
.Vt ifnet
structure and moved into its own
The
.Vt if_data
structure to facilitate its use by user programs.
structure contains statistics and identifying information used
by management programs, and which is exported to user programs by way
of the
.Xr ifmib 4
branch of the
.Xr sysctl 3
MIB.
The following elements of the
.Vt if_data
structure are initialized by the interface and are not expected to change