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I'm not sure what the point you are making here is. The developers behind "ifconfig" on Linux could support the new API (iproute2) just as the developers behin

I'm not sure what the point you are making here is. The developers behind "ifconfig" on Linux could support the new API (iproute2) just as the developers behind "ifconfig" on OpenBSD updated their software to support the new kernel API as they became available.

drewg123 8y ago
The point is that in the BSDs, ifconfig is developed and released together with the kernel. See, for example, https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=312379 https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=31237..., where the author added support for hardware packet pacing. The commit touches ifconfig, socket header files, and various parts of the kernel all in one atomic change.
- rkeene2 8y ago
  So, if I'm understanding this correctly, your point is that Linux is a kernel ? Haven't we moved past this ?
- digi_owl 8y ago
  Nothing stops anyone from offering patches to multiple projects to sync development. Hell, some of the biggest changes crossing the kernel/userspace divide have just that.