From finrod@niobe.ewox.org Tue Nov 3 12:15:57 1998 Received: from niobe.ewox.org (ppp108.uio.no [129.240.240.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA03160 for ; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 12:15:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from finrod@niobe.ewox.org) Received: (from finrod@localhost) by niobe.ewox.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id VAA25432; Tue, 3 Nov 1998 21:15:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from finrod) Message-Id: <199811032015.VAA25432@niobe.ewox.org> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 21:15:42 +0100 (CET) From: des@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: des@FreeBSD.ORG To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: [REMINDER] bpfilter is deprecated and should be removed X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 >Number: 8560 >Category: kern >Synopsis: [REMINDER] bpfilter is deprecated and should be removed >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: des >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 3 12:20:01 PST 1998 >Closed-Date: Tue Jun 8 04:47:57 PDT 1999 >Last-Modified: Tue Jun 8 04:48:23 PDT 1999 >Originator: Dag-Erling Smørgrav >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: The FreeBSD Project >Environment: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT >Description: The 'bpfilter' pseudo-device is deprecated and should be removed. >How-To-Repeat: Not relevant. >Fix: $ cd src/sys/conf $ grep -v bpfilter files > xfiles $ mv xfiles files >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: State-Changed-From-To: open->suspended State-Changed-By: des State-Changed-When: Tue Nov 3 12:24:00 PST 1998 State-Changed-Why: Just a reminder. Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->des Responsible-Changed-By: des Responsible-Changed-When: Tue Nov 3 12:24:00 PST 1998 Responsible-Changed-Why: Just a reminder. From: Bill Fenner To: des@freebsd.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/8560: [REMINDER] bpfilter is deprecated and should be removed Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:22:59 PST Deprecated by whom? Bill From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Bill Fenner Cc: des@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/8560: [REMINDER] bpfilter is deprecated and should be removed Date: 04 Nov 1998 00:38:58 +0100 Bill Fenner writes: > Deprecated by whom? Will be when I get a correct patch together. It's just a name change if you didn't notice. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no From: Bill Fenner To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no, fenner@parc.xerox.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, des@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/8560: [REMINDER] bpfilter is deprecated and should be removed Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 15:46:39 PST I noticed. Why is the name change required? A desire to have subtle and confusing differences between FreeBSD and the BPF distribution? Bill From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Bill Fenner Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, des@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/8560: [REMINDER] bpfilter is deprecated and should be removed Date: 04 Nov 1998 00:55:34 +0100 Bill Fenner writes: > I noticed. Why is the name change required? A desire to have subtle > and confusing differences between FreeBSD and the BPF distribution? Because it's more consistent. The bpf code refers to itself as 'bpf' (re. probe messages), the man page is called bpf, the device nodes are called bpf, etc. To quote Jordan, "this change is long overdue". DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no State-Changed-From-To: suspended->closed State-Changed-By: des State-Changed-When: Tue Jun 8 04:47:57 PDT 1999 State-Changed-Why: Bogus PR. Renaming bpfilter to bpf is too much work for no real gain. >Unformatted: