From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Oct 20 23:54:13 2014
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org
 [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1])
 (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
 (No client certificate requested)
 by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 16BD3A4F
 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 23:54:13 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from mail-pd0-x229.google.com (mail-pd0-x229.google.com
 [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::229])
 (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits))
 (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com",
 Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK))
 by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E5B2FDB3
 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 23:54:12 +0000 (UTC)
Received: by mail-pd0-f169.google.com with SMTP id w10so122240pde.0
 for <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:54:12 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113;
 h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type;
 bh=JQjX45HhogBGFHdCuuOvVw3wonDuK6uAXTZwmRudblI=;
 b=Ndp2ctCu9HjDkoYL7bj3GHWi7fv5J2fxo1a611XUjrrnmTqzXiAR0BRxiYT7CziHFA
 3Q0TR8RadWd/l6cMSLMN1saqg6BfdVzuUiW0e4Q32BZZMvmlv1RPgepghPJLdYlrLa4q
 ud358GaStQuzfkEBa8Po0jFZgP7lOAiyBVWXdBlFySjnkJRpVEz7hDZMN8GKSELN2css
 Ftv6UyKZpxwQmkw9xoVQXRhMRz/4tVYUr6umZ6lBqziKBO9HSrrSNcmcOXvXvquZmRNJ
 Ld/zOnWLOIr+PIYAE/3FbU1RK3k/EP2MC2kacmUG/JkmnEWsgeAoHs+jKvD8o0XLbdSV
 h1/Q==
X-Received: by 10.70.48.202 with SMTP id o10mr31066859pdn.63.1413849252481;
 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:54:12 -0700 (PDT)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.70.113.195 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:53:32 -0700 (PDT)
From: Eric Joyner <ricera10@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:53:32 -0700
Message-ID: <CA+b0zg-cMhub+CsUEgHj+MJ=w6g-jW4CT+wKu4AryDPJydEvtw@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Media types in ifconfig
To: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1
X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1
Precedence: list
List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD <freebsd-net.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/options/freebsd-net>,
 <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-net/>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net>,
 <mailto:freebsd-net-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 23:54:13 -0000

So, what are the two fields on the media line for?

AFAICT, it looks like the first field is the media the user wants to use
(so the driver typically sets it to Ethernet autoselect by default?), and
the
second field is for the media that's active in the interface.
---
- Eric Joyner