Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 02:06:39 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> To: "Adam C. Migus" <adam@migus.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VLAN support in rcNG [PATCH] Message-ID: <20040417230639.GA86698@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <1082235338.408199caed784@webservices.migus.org> References: <1082233506.408192a2c476a@webservices.migus.org> <20040417204536.GA85858@ip.net.ua> <1082235338.408199caed784@webservices.migus.org>
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On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 04:55:38PM -0400, Adam C. Migus wrote:
> Quoting Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>:
>
[...]
> > So, how your patch is different from the existing functionality?
> >
> Hmmm, well, it's not. In fact the code is almost a copy of the cloned
> interfaces stuff. The thing is when you try to use the existing cloned
> interfaces stuff to create a vlan interface, the lack of the _tag and
> _dev stuff in combination with things like this:
>
> /etc/network.subr:318: _tmplist="${_tmplist} ${cloned_interfaces}"
>
> creating vlans as cloned interfaces tends to be more of a crude hack
> than an easy, one-step configuration.
>
> If you can show me how I can create a vlan, using the existing stuff
> with the functionality I want (DHCP or static IP, etc.) without writing
> any code beyond declarations in rc.conf, show me, otherwise I'm
> suggesting this patch as it makes it easy.
>
Hmm, I have this in my /etc/rc.conf:
cloned_interfaces="vlan0"
ifconfig_vlan0="x.x.x.x/28 vlan 65 vlandev rl0 mtu 1500"
and I'm pretty sure it works. ;)
Cheers,
--
Ruslan Ermilov
ru@FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer
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