Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:17:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, mtm@freebsd.org, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Merging rc.d/network_ipv6 into rc.d/netif Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.0.99999.0711102213130.15336@qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <54db43990711051446y6399b822p6ba9dbb86b65771b@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070329182906.GB38703@rogue.navcom.lan> <20070405154644.GB1844@rogue.navcom.lan> <20070517131713.GE3228@rogue.navcom.lan> <1194301190.75993.3.camel@terra> <54db43990711051446y6399b822p6ba9dbb86b65771b@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Bob Johnson wrote:
> On 11/5/07, Mike Makonnen <mtm@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Most IP related knobs will have an ipv4_ and ipv6_ version. To make the
>> transition easier rc.subr(8) will "automagically" DTRT for the following
>> knobs:
>> gateway_enable => ipv4_gateway_enable
>> router_enable => ipv4_router_enable
>> router => ipv4_router
>> router_flags => ipv4_router_flags
>> defaultrouter => ipv4_defaultrouter
>> static_routes => ipv4_static_routes
>> static_routes_<IF> => ipv4_static_routes_<IF>
>> route_<XXX> => ipv4_route_<XXX>
>> dhclient_program => ipv4_dhclient_program
>> dhclient_flags => ipv4_dhclient_flags
>> dhclient_flags_<IF> => ipv4_dhclient_flags_<IF>
>> background_dhclient_<IF> => ipv4_background_dhclient_<IF>
>>
>> Please try it and let me know what you think.
>
> Personally, I'd prefer the new names be along the lines of
> ifconfig_<interface>_ipv4, ifconfig_<interface>_ipv6,
> defaultrouter_ipv4, defaultrouter_ipv6, dhclient_program_ipv4,
> dhclient_program_ipv6, etc.
Personally I think that grouping things by ipv4/ipv6 makes more sense, and
has better longevity.
> And this would be a good time to change defaultrouter to default_router!
Or we could make it shorter and call it gateway.
Doug
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