Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:50:38 -0400 From: "Adam C. Migus" <adam@migus.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VLAN support in rcNG [PATCH] Message-ID: <1082245838.4081c2ce9117a@webservices.migus.org> In-Reply-To: <20040417230639.GA86698@ip.net.ua> References: <1082233506.408192a2c476a@webservices.migus.org> <20040417204536.GA85858@ip.net.ua> <1082235338.408199caed784@webservices.migus.org> <20040417230639.GA86698@ip.net.ua>
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Quoting Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>:
> 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
>
Yes, it does. Now try DHCP...
--
Adam C. Migus -- http://people.migus.org/~adam/
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