From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 23:26:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F2E910656AA; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:26:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erik@barragry.com) Received: from cork.barragry.com (cork.barragry.com [72.232.202.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5241E8FC0C; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:26:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erik@barragry.com) Received: by cork.barragry.com (Postfix, from userid 1006) id 1F57E1D8012; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:06:48 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:06:48 -0500 From: Erik Osterholm To: Doug Barton Message-ID: <20090602230648.GB88740@barragry.com> References: <4A257B82.1000701@FreeBSD.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4A257B82.1000701@FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do you use a value other than AUTO for network_interfaces? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:26:36 -0000 On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 12:20:34PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Up till Sunday in 8-current, and for a long time in general > network.subr (part of the rc.d system) has emitted a warning that > values of network_interfaces other than AUTO are deprecated. I > removed that warning in HEAD Sunday, and there is no a discussion > about whether or not it should be put back, and whether or not there > is any need for the user to specify the list of network interfaces > at all. > > If you use a value of network_interfaces other than AUTO please > speak up so that we can make an intelligent decision about this > issue. > > Thanks, > > Doug I'll have to preface this by disclosing that I have not been running -current, nor following any changes to the RC system. In 7.1, if you compile a custom kernel and comment out an interface (such that it is compiled as a module), one way to ensure that the module is loaded is to explicitly list it in network_interfaces. If -current works the same way, then users will be required to modify /boot/loader.conf in order to load the module. Could there could be possible side-effects to this change, since the loading of the module happens at a different time? At best, users doing things the 'network_interfaces' way may be in for a surprise when the update (remotely), and this may be worthy of a note in UPDATING. If this has changed in 7.2 or -current, then I apologize for the noise! Erik