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VK7AX > LINHAM 19.06.08 01:02l 60 Lines 1845 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : VK7AX-1906XX
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Subj: Re: [PATCH] ax25.h unsigned long type for ax25 timers
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From: VK7AX@VK7AX.#ULV.TAS.AUS.OC
To : LINHAM@WW
From: David Miller <davem(AT)davemloft.net>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:30:50 -0700 (PDT)
To: bpidoux(AT)free.fr
CC: ralf(AT)linux-mips.org, linux-hams(AT)vger.kernel.org,
netdev(AT)vger.kernel.org
From: Bernard Pidoux <bpidoux(AT)free.fr>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:04:38 +0200
> > In linux/include/linux/ax25.h
> > ax25_info_struct timers types remain unsigned
> >
> > struct ax25_info_struct {
> > unsigned int n2, n2count;
> > unsigned int t1, t1timer;
> > unsigned int t2, t2timer;
> > unsigned int t3, t3timer;
> > unsigned int idle, idletimer;
> > .....
> > };
> >
> > while in linux/include/net/ax25.h timers are unsigned long according
> > to kernel 2.6 timers.
> >
> > typedef struct ax25_cb {
> > .....
> > struct timer_list t1timer, t2timer, t3timer, idletimer;
> > unsigned long t1, t2, t3, idle, rtt;
> > ....
> >
> > Although ax25_info_struct is not much used it is refered at least
> > into libax25 and xfbb BBS application program.
> >
> > It seems thus reasonable to make the change.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bernard Pidoux <f6bvp(AT)amsat.org>
Unfortunately this datastructure is exported to userspace,
and therefore we cannot change the structure layout without
breaking userspace.
We cannot, as a result, make this change.
The only way to fix this is to make a new fixed structure, and add new
ax25 calls that accept this new structure.
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