Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:23:29 -0400 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys sockio.h src/sys/net if.c src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.8 ifconfig.c Message-ID: <200006172123.RAA05383@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:20:42 PDT." <200006171920.MAA01047@mass.osd.bsdi.com> References: <200006171920.MAA01047@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
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But how many new media-specific keywords can ifconfig withstand over time? I was only suggesting that there be one generic one; perhaps "lladdr" isn't the most mnemonic and something else is more suitable. louie > That's correct. And that's why if you're setting an ethernet address, > you should use 'ether', and if you're setting a FDDI MAC address you > should use 'fddi', and if you're setting an RS485 multidrop address you > should use eg. 'berknet' and so on. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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