From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 15:34:11 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10AB31065670; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:34:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@incunabulum.net) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDFAE8FC25; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:34:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bms@incunabulum.net) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFEC5349C65; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:34:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:34:10 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: Y+cQeIMoNI5TWeTb6ne80LgvC9jtrjTZVpfVs2OHXrxn 1243956849 Received: from empiric.lon.incunabulum.net (82-35-112-254.cable.ubr07.dals.blueyonder.co.uk [82.35.112.254]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 20049424B0; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:34:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4A25466F.40504@incunabulum.net> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:34:07 +0100 From: Bruce Simpson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090412) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Brooks Davis References: <200906010537.n515bDou065357@svn.freebsd.org> <4A23E6E4.7020506@incunabulum.net> <20090602152741.GB14685@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <20090602152741.GB14685@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton , src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:34:12 -0000 Brooks Davis wrote: > On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 03:34:12PM +0100, Bruce Simpson wrote: > >> Doug Barton wrote: >> >>> Log: >>> Eliminate the warning that "Values of network_interfaces other than >>> AUTO are deprecated.' There is no good reason to deprecate them, and >>> setting this to different values can be useful for custom solutions >>> and/or one-off configuration problems. >>> >>> >> Thanks, I wasn't sure what the alternative to this functionality was going >> to be, and was relying on this mechanism for a product. >> > > Could you please say what you are actually doing? > On boot time I instantiate a tap0 instance from cloned_interfaces=".." in /etc/rc.conf, and then use ifconfig_tap0="..." to clone the MAC address on the tap instance from the internal Ethernet port, as there is no other way of uniquely identifying the client for an automated bootstrap. This happens from within a flash image.