On Tue, May 03, 2016 at 05:09:47AM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > On 2016-04-27, Martin Natano <nat...@natano.net> wrote:
> > 
> > > /dev/bpf0 is for compatibility with existing binaries and is to
> > > be removed after a transition period.
> > 
> > What's the impact on ports going to be?
> > 
> > (We still have four /dev/*random devices for compatibility.)
> 
> I believe we'll end up with /dev/bpf0 -> /dev/bpf.
> 
> Forever.
> 

Yes, this also is what NetBSD and FreeBSD do, although I do hope
/dev/bpf0 can be removed some time in the future.

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