Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:37:19 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc Message-ID: <20090602153719.GD14685@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <4A25466F.40504@incunabulum.net> References: <200906010537.n515bDou065357@svn.freebsd.org> <4A23E6E4.7020506@incunabulum.net> <20090602152741.GB14685@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <4A25466F.40504@incunabulum.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 04:34:07PM +0100, Bruce Simpson wrote: > 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. I see nothing related to network_interfaces here... -- Brooks [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFKJUcuXY6L6fI4GtQRApmRAKCVb0MV4LjKx2u08jP/WBC22xwTaACfQMIV eLFynn8xwpSckVE+pq+rM84= =WR4V -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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