Re: IPFilter 4.1.33 with backward compatibility

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <4B28ECCD.4010306%netbsd.org@localhost>,
Darren Reed  <darrenr%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>Christos Zoulas wrote:
>> 
>> Please use only fixed length types in structures that are passed
>> between userland and kernel. Remember compat_32...
>
>A 32bit /sbin/ipf will not work with a 64bit sparc64
>kernel because the structure in question already
>contains a whole swag of pointers.

structures passed between kernel and userland should ideally not contain
pointers...

christos