From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 26 04:19:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D740516A4B3 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 04:19:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B67643FE5 for ; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 04:19:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) (authenticated bits=0) h8QBJQFs023535 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:19:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (cicely12.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301::12]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h8QBJOWZ053110 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:19:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: from cicely12.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h8QBJOrY099285; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:19:24 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely12.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely12.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h8QBJN2a099284; Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:19:24 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 13:19:23 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Willem Jan Withagen Message-ID: <20030926111923.GU90598@cicely12.cicely.de> References: <20030925142609.GL90598@cicely12.cicely.de> <005301c3841b$a3dd5240$471b3dd4@dual> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <005301c3841b$a3dd5240$471b3dd4@dual> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely12.cicely.de 5.1-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is my SLIP interface X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:19:34 -0000 On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 12:47:53PM +0200, Willem Jan Withagen wrote: > From: "Bernd Walter" > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 07:49:18PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > But am I to understand that running slattach creates the sl0 device?? by > something like 'ifconfig sl0 create'? > Or is slattach just loading the module which makes sl0 appear? slattach creates and removes the device. It doesn't make much sense to have a slip device alone IMO. [51]cicely13# kldstat -v | grep sl 88 if_sl [52]cicely13# ifconfig sl0 ifconfig: interface sl0 does not exist Exit 1 [53]cicely13# slattach -l /dev/cuaa0 /var/run/slattach.cuaa0.pid [54]cicely13# ifconfig sl0 sl0: flags=8011 mtu 552 [55]cicely13# kill `cat /var/run/slattach.cuaa0.pid` [56]cicely13# ifconfig sl0 ifconfig: interface sl0 does not exist Exit 1 -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de