From: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: PF queue bandwidth now works upto ~34.36 Gbps with 'set queue-units bytes'
To: Michał Markowski <markowski1@gmail.com>
Cc: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:21:13 +0100

> From: Michał Markowski <markowski1@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 17:07:55 +0100
> 
> Even if these rates aren’t commonly seen on OpenBSD firewalls today,
> interfaces faster than ~34 Gbps are already widely available, so this
> new limit doesn’t feel very future-proof either.

And changing the unit is just as much an ABI change as changing the
type.  And at least when changing the type, the compiler will provide
you with some warnings or errors if you don't handle the wider type
correctly in userland.