Subject: re: Why /dev/bpf rather than /dev/bpf0?
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
From: matthew green <mrg@eterna.com.au>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/09/2004 13:13:04 
   
   > Autoconf test? The /dev/bpf -> /dev/bpf0 is the least of your concerns 
   > if
   > you are writing code that it is supposed to run on other OS's. AIX for
   > example uses /dev/bpf.
   
   Besides, we can easily make a bpf0 -> bpf symlink for compatibility.
   
   (Not that I think we should, but we can.)


i think we should at least for one release.