Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:06:34 +0100 From: Philip Paeps <philip@freebsd.org> To: Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r199201 - in head: contrib/libpcap sbin/ifconfig share/man/man4 sys/kern sys/net sys/sys Message-ID: <20091112160634.GN8230@rincewind.paeps.cx> In-Reply-To: <200911112130.nABLUw9b007768@svn.freebsd.org> References: <200911112130.nABLUw9b007768@svn.freebsd.org>
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On 2009-11-11 21:30:58 (+0000), Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Log:
> Add interface description capability as inspired by OpenBSD.
In addition to the comments already made, I'd also like to note that it would
make a lot of sense to announce changes in interface descriptions to the
routing socket. That way, SNMP or other userspace consumers (a daemon sending
CDP announcements, for instance - though arguably the kernel could send those)
can be notified of changes rather than having to poll for them.
- Philip
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