From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 11 18:27:40 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA6A816A480; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:27:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gergely.czuczy@harmless.hu) Received: from marvin.harmless.hu (marvin.harmless.hu [195.56.55.204]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C20D913C4A7; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:27:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gergely.czuczy@harmless.hu) Received: from localhost (marvin-mail [192.168.0.2]) by marvin.harmless.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E89337BFF50; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:53:39 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.4.2 (20060627) (Debian) at harmless.hu Received: from marvin.harmless.hu ([192.168.0.2]) by localhost (marvin.harmless.hu [192.168.0.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id BpSVjrC9qWjy; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:53:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from marvin.harmless.hu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by marvin.harmless.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A721D7BFC3E; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:53:37 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:53:36 +0100 From: Gergely CZUCZY To: Soeren Straarup Message-ID: <20071111175336.GA3345@harmless.hu> References: <20070329182906.GB38703@rogue.navcom.lan> <20070405154644.GB1844@rogue.navcom.lan> <20070517131713.GE3228@rogue.navcom.lan> <1194301190.75993.3.camel@terra> <54db43990711051446y6399b822p6ba9dbb86b65771b@mail.gmail.com> <20071111180256.07c41270@x12.dk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=x-unknown; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071111180256.07c41270@x12.dk> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Cc: Bob Johnson , freebsd-net@freebsd.org, mtm@freebsd.org, Doug Barton Subject: Re: Merging rc.d/network_ipv6 into rc.d/netif X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:27:40 -0000 --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 06:02:56PM +0100, Soeren Straarup wrote: > On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:17:18 -0800 (PST) > Doug Barton wrote: >=20 > > On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Bob Johnson wrote: > >=20 > > > On 11/5/07, Mike Makonnen wrote: > > > > > >> Most IP related knobs will have an ipv4_ and ipv6_ version. To > > >> make the transition easier rc.subr(8) will "automagically" DTRT > > >> for the following knobs: > > >> gateway_enable =3D> ipv4_gateway_enable > > >> router_enable =3D> ipv4_router_enable > > >> router =3D> ipv4_router > > >> router_flags =3D> ipv4_router_flags > > >> defaultrouter =3D> ipv4_defaultrouter > > >> static_routes =3D> ipv4_static_routes > > >> static_routes_ =3D> ipv4_static_routes_ > > >> route_ =3D> ipv4_route_ > > >> dhclient_program =3D> ipv4_dhclient_program > > >> dhclient_flags =3D> ipv4_dhclient_flags > > >> dhclient_flags_ =3D> ipv4_dhclient_flags_ > > >> background_dhclient_ =3D> ipv4_background_dhclient_ > > >> > > >> Please try it and let me know what you think. > > > > > > Personally, I'd prefer the new names be along the lines of > > > ifconfig__ipv4, ifconfig__ipv6, > > > defaultrouter_ipv4, defaultrouter_ipv6, dhclient_program_ipv4, > > > dhclient_program_ipv6, etc. > >=20 > > Personally I think that grouping things by ipv4/ipv6 makes more > > sense, and has better longevity. > >=20 > > > And this would be a good time to change defaultrouter to > > > default_router! > >=20 > > Or we could make it shorter and call it gateway. >=20 > Well there is a difference between router and gateway. > I think that gateway would be a better word since from my > understanding that is what people use today. +1 vote for the "gateway". I always wandered why it's called "router", since "gateway" would be a more proper name for it. Sincerely, Gergely Czuczy mailto: gergely.czuczy@harmless.hu --=20 Weenies test. 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