From owner-freebsd-net Sat Jul 27 10: 9:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CB9B37B400 for ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:09:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from outboundx.mv.meer.net (outboundx.mv.meer.net [209.157.152.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E72DE43E31 for ; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:09:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnn@neville-neil.com) Received: from mail.meer.net (mail.meer.net [209.157.152.14]) by outboundx.mv.meer.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g6RH9fP95471; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:09:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnn@neville-neil.com) Received: from neville-neil.com ([209.157.133.226]) by mail.meer.net (8.12.1/8.12.1/meer) with ESMTP id g6RH9nSW034764; Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:09:49 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200207271709.g6RH9nSW034764@mail.meer.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: Brooks Davis , net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: switching to if_xname from if_name and if_unit In-Reply-To: Message from Dag-Erling Smorgrav of "27 Jul 2002 13:17:51 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 10:09:49 -0700 From: "George V. Neville-Neil" Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've always wondered why interfaces have names at all. They should be identified by port IMHO, and the name is just something you query on the port. Then the names could be meaningful strings. Later, GEroge -- George V. Neville-Neil gnn@neville-neil.com Neville-Neil Consulting www.neville-neil.com "I learn only to be contented." inscription at Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, Japan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message