Re: stop ifnet ioctl (ab)use in the kernel, step 1

[der Mouse <mouse%Rodents-Montreal.ORG@localhost>]

> The network protocols and some drivers use ioctls to manipulate ifnet
> flags, to add/delete multicast addresses, and to initialize ifaddrs.
> I'd like to stop that before I tackle some [other stuff].

Why?

What is the perceived need being addressed here?  Do you just find
if()_ioctl ugly compared to adding more function pointers to struct
ifnet?  Is the if_ioctl() way actually causing some trouble somewhere?
Something else?

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