From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 11 06:44:22 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D57CB16A419 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:44:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 842BA13C4A8 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:44:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 15159 invoked by uid 399); 11 Nov 2007 06:17:20 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO slave.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTP; 11 Nov 2007 06:17:20 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:17:18 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Barton To: Bob Johnson In-Reply-To: <54db43990711051446y6399b822p6ba9dbb86b65771b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: 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> User-Agent: Alpine 0.99999 (BSF 796 2007-11-08) X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0xD5B2F0FB Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, mtm@freebsd.org, freebsd-rc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Merging rc.d/network_ipv6 into rc.d/netif X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:44:22 -0000 On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Bob Johnson wrote: > On 11/5/07, Mike Makonnen 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_ => ipv4_static_routes_ >> route_ => ipv4_route_ >> dhclient_program => ipv4_dhclient_program >> dhclient_flags => ipv4_dhclient_flags >> dhclient_flags_ => ipv4_dhclient_flags_ >> background_dhclient_ => ipv4_background_dhclient_ >> >> Please try it and let me know what you think. > > Personally, I'd prefer the new names be along the lines of > ifconfig__ipv4, ifconfig__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 -- This .signature sanitized for your protection