Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 00:27:33 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: auto-definition of a single network interface Message-ID: <3DD9F5F5.C5637707@mindspring.com> References: <p05200f20b9fd8c66ad17@[192.168.254.205]> <3DD9EA96.F4DEC169@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Pardon me if I'm being dense, but I don't understand what your proposal > does that the existing interface config tools do not. Can you give a > description (not code) of what you're trying to accomplish? He wants it to "just work" with an unknown card. FreeBSD does not name ethernet interfaces "en0, en1, ... enN" like real UNIX or even Linux, it names them after the driver, which is different per card type. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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