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From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:50:20 +0200

> * Stephen Hemminger | 2010-06-19 22:16:11 [-0700]:
> 
>>I don't think this works because it breaks ABI compatibility for applications tha
>>use older versions.
> 
> Are you sure Stephen? It is a one-to-one mapping of the ABI but maybe it was
> too late yesterday ... ;-)

I think from this perspective, the change is fine too, nothing visible
to the user is being changed here.