Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2017 08:31:41 -0700 From: Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: IFLIB implementations of sys/dev/e1000 em, lem, igb pending Message-ID: <fae7a781-ba13-1584-ef48-6df845ca9f08@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <586F76F1.1040702@grosbein.net> References: <d6627189-c9ce-fc91-d71a-111e127b0b64@freebsd.org> <586F76F1.1040702@grosbein.net>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --RNG8mpSnNqV7hD94MdrQ48Bt9MamJu5XV Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="npsBWdkc1aE8eobaPXFNQEVTD1fVWF6eB"; protected-headers="v1" From: Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org> To: Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Message-ID: <fae7a781-ba13-1584-ef48-6df845ca9f08@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: IFLIB implementations of sys/dev/e1000 em, lem, igb pending References: <d6627189-c9ce-fc91-d71a-111e127b0b64@freebsd.org> <586F76F1.1040702@grosbein.net> In-Reply-To: <586F76F1.1040702@grosbein.net> --npsBWdkc1aE8eobaPXFNQEVTD1fVWF6eB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 01/06/17 03:52, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > 06.01.2017 10:18, Sean Bruno =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: >=20 >> Due to limitations of device registration, igbX devices will become em= X >> devices. So, you'll need to make a minor update to your rc.conf and >> scripts that manipulate the network devices. >=20 > Please, please consider to create igbX aliases for new "real" emX devic= e > instances > by default for one next major release just like 'adX' aliases were crea= ted > for new 'adaX' in times of ata(4) overhaul. >=20 > Eugene Grosbein. >=20 >=20 >=20 We plan on doing this for the MFC to stable11, but for 12-current, we have not. However, if there is a good argument to be made for making the "legacy" igbX interfaces appear, I'm open to the argument. sean bcc matt --npsBWdkc1aE8eobaPXFNQEVTD1fVWF6eB-- --RNG8mpSnNqV7hD94MdrQ48Bt9MamJu5XV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQGTBAEBCgB9FiEEuq1GMucSHejSCZfdEgHvyh5yfmQFAlhvuF1fFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldEJB QUQ0NjMyRTcxMjFERThEMjA5OTdERDEyMDFFRkNBMUU3MjdFNjQACgkQEgHvyh5y fmRaOgf/Vi5Qo/pU7dzii6YUzjCdPzWIIF7p/UxFcKS+fVuY6uvj4fqoXy14iJi0 EPJEuYLleMOvVGwbiylHiG9/dZ1mOe/8k5+MFfwlNHjdDZtvcRdHpHVLe+K0ztIS mMk3le8PyqNGREdlt+hJC6WNtORFXOOeU4kJ5GCxEp/AxO8vji3vw9KjVZPs0ryH kA6OGki4Aobr7DKOMMaLANn3S3lRx7r312Tw/mQrT+IzBwffulDOcHQUTaZO9C5t 2L8aSHpdRNrilwbAObA0JJJkwFS19A/EWRHQ5oFKcXKLvXg9sDE+lZD8Jnzr7T9+ YisQLdUrlsulJZ2DmTIFRuFuCIv2BA== =4vsB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RNG8mpSnNqV7hD94MdrQ48Bt9MamJu5XV--
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