In article <m1zm108axi.fsf_-_@ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com> (at Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:56:09 -0600), ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) says:

> 
> - In ipv6 ndisc_ifinfo_syctl_change so it doesn't depend on binary
>   sysctl names for a function that works with proc.
:

Well, retrans_time_ms and base_reachable_time_ms supercedes
retrans_time and base_reachable_time, we've warned for long
time for its deprecation.  So, maybe, it is time to remove
the old interfaces (retrans_time and base_reachable_time)
and simplify ndisc_ifinfo_syctl_change().

--yoshfuji