Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 20:37:15 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xxconfig for if_bridge Message-ID: <20050603033715.GA1689@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050603020140.GA22870@heff.fud.org.nz> References: <20050603020140.GA22870@heff.fud.org.nz>
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--bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 03, 2005 at 02:01:40PM +1200, Andrew Thompson wrote: > Hi, >=20 >=20 > The if_bridge code that will soon be committed can be configured using > either brconfig or ifconfig. >=20 > http://people.freebsd.org/~thompsa/ >=20 > Only one tool will be committed and I would like to get opinions on > which one ppl prefer >=20 > brconfig > - new util to /sbin > + same as NetBSD/OpenBSD > - would require new rc.d script and rc.conf keywords > =20 > ifconfig (patched for if_bridge) > + one tool to rule them all > + seamless with rc.conf, ifconfig_bridge0=3D"..." > - diverges from the other BSDs ifconfig is strongly prefered. With Sam's extensable ifconfig in current, nearly all the various network related *config/*control commands should be considered deprecated. The preliforation of xxconfig commands stems more form the difficulty of hacking ifconfig then any good reason, IMO. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCn9BqXY6L6fI4GtQRAmHzAKCsx3ffWHIOQ+rrZznBQ4i+kps/DACeLG8o 7WbIUWUnRrVtWRjwlVKCQjU= =OETs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn--
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