Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 03:10:51 +0900 From: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: review request: network interface cloning Message-ID: <20010627181051.E958A7C2@starfruit.itojun.org> In-Reply-To: brooks's message of Tue, 26 Jun 2001 14:43:15 MST. <20010626144313.A7909@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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>The cloning API isn't quite that of NetBSD because the NetBSD API only >supported the creation of staticaly numbered interfaces which can lead >to races and starvation in theory. This patch instead allows interfaces >to implement wildcard interface creation via "ifconfig gif# create". not sure if gif# has a good usage model. if you type "ifconfig gif# create" you have little idea about the new interface name, hence you can't configure it after the command (think of the case where you put the command into /etc/rc.local). itojun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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