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From: des@FreeBSD.ORG
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To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: [REMINDER] bpfilter is deprecated and should be removed
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>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 Smrgrav
>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 <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
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 <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
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 <fenner@parc.xerox.com> 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 Smrgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no

From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
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 <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: 04 Nov 1998 00:55:34 +0100

 Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> 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 Smrgrav - 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:
