From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 19 11:24:16 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A80637B401 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:24:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from cfcl.com (cpe-24-221-172-174.ca.sprintbbd.net [24.221.172.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A9D243E6E for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:24:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Received: from [192.168.254.205] ([192.168.254.205]) by cfcl.com (8.12.6/8.11.1) with ESMTP id gAJJOmhe054698 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:24:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20021119103756.B17963@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <3DD9EA96.F4DEC169@FreeBSD.org> <3DD9F5F5.C5637707@mindspring.com> <20021119103756.B17963@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> X-Mailer: Eudora for Macintosh! Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 11:24:10 -0800 To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Rich Morin Subject: Re: auto-definition of a single network interface Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 10:37 AM -0800 11/19/02, Brooks Davis wrote: >Once the if_xname patch is in, it will be exceedingly simple to add some >code to ether_ifattach to do that if you really want. Well, _I_ really want FreeBSD to move in the direction of "plug and play"; this is merely one small contribution. That said, I have some questions about your suggestion: * Would it handle non-Ethernet network interfaces? If not, perhaps it's not at the right level of generality. * Would your change be smaller (or better in some other way) than the half-dozen lines of code Ren=E9 has proposed? * What is the timing on the if_xname patch? Is it imminent or merely "in the works"? Can you provide a URL (or an explanation) of what this patch is intended to do? -r -- email: rdm@cfcl.com; phone: +1 650-873-7841 http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - my home page, resume, etc. http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc. http://www.ptf.com/dossier - Prime Time Freeware's DOSSIER series http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message