From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 12 00:37:30 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 AC49716A418 for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:37:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from snipe.secure-computing.net (snipe.secure-computing.net [209.240.66.149]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66CBD13C4AA for ; Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:37:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ecrist@secure-computing.net) Received: from [192.168.1.200] (unknown [209.240.66.157]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: ecrist@secure-computing.net) by snipe.secure-computing.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5813717043; Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:37:07 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: From: Eric F Crist To: Gergely CZUCZY In-Reply-To: <20071111175336.GA3345@harmless.hu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v912) Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:37:06 -0600 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> <20071111175336.GA3345@harmless.hu> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.912) Cc: Bob Johnson , freebsd-net@freebsd.org, mtm@freebsd.org, Doug Barton , Soeren Straarup 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: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:37:30 -0000 On Nov 11, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Gergely CZUCZY wrote: > 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: >> >>> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Bob Johnson wrote: >>> >>>> 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 => ipv4_gateway_enable >>>>> router_enable => ipv4_router_enable >>>>> router => ipv4_router >>>>> router_flags => ipv4_router_flags >>>>> defaultrouter => ipv4_defaultrouter >>>>> static_routes => ipv4_static_routes >>>>> static_routes_ => ipv4_static_routes_ >>>>> route_ => ipv4_route_ >>>>> dhclient_program => ipv4_dhclient_program >>>>> dhclient_flags => ipv4_dhclient_flags >>>>> dhclient_flags_ => ipv4_dhclient_flags_ >>>>> background_dhclient_ => 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. >>> >>> Personally I think that grouping things by ipv4/ipv6 makes more >>> sense, and has better longevity. >>> >>>> And this would be a good time to change defaultrouter to >>>> default_router! >>> >>> Or we could make it shorter and call it gateway. >> >> 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. +1 vote for "gateway". ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks