Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 11:08:42 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> Cc: Nikolay Denev <ndenev@gmail.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ng_ether and vlan interfaces Message-ID: <4D5ACF3A.3020008@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim%2Bht=PjU3cg2e8AzReqFDW8pw_e-i1RYT3M2P4@mail.gmail.com> References: <D275511D-0502-48ED-9186-EF4BF42B372E@gmail.com> <AANLkTi=bVv_M=2ShVos113Y6ROsJ3_M3Qp-wBP8=B=bH@mail.gmail.com> <4D5AAA28.50408@freebsd.org> <AANLkTim%2Bht=PjU3cg2e8AzReqFDW8pw_e-i1RYT3M2P4@mail.gmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 2/15/11 8:53 AM, Arnaud Lacombe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Julian Elischer<julian@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> changing it to '_' might be accceptable, '.' is much like '/' in th
>> filesystem.
>> it is a separator. You can't have it in the name.
>> a patch that converted . to _ would be a nice idea.
>> please ensure that the man page is updated as well.
>>
> Doesn't FreeBSD care about kernel/userland backward interface
> compatibility at all ? ie. will all my scripts assuming '.' as a
> separator need to also check the FreeBSD version to use whatever path
> separator ? How would you do that with bare ngctl script, which cannot
> be really that evolved ? How do you deal with node in the wild already
> using '_' in their name ?
well you can't have '.' as it is not a negotiable point..
'.' is the separator in netgraph paths.. like em0:up.raw.inet
might be such a path.
do you want to have filenames with '/' in them as well?
note: you can rename the interfaces to have '.' in them if you want I
think..
just not the netgraph names
> Thanks,
> - Arnaud
>
>
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4D5ACF3A.3020008>