Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:39:37 +0400 From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "ifconfig -vlandev" syntax Message-ID: <20050928103937.GD86457@comp.chem.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <1127686105.23447.35.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> References: <20050922104104.GA13539@comp.chem.msu.su> <20050925213741.GG15981@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <1127686105.23447.35.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>
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On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 11:08:25PM +0100, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > > There's also the issue that the "vlan" and "vlandev" options have to be > specified in that order, which is counter-intuitive and undocumented. > > leeloo# ifconfig vlan14 vlandev fxp0 vlan 14 > ifconfig: must specify both vlan tag and device > leeloo# ifconfig vlan14 vlan 14 vlandev fxp0 > leeloo# Agreed. I noticed this issue, too, but forgot about it later. Would you mind filing a PR with me in Cc so that I won't forget about it again? Can't promise making the order arbitrary, but documenting this subtlety is a must. > Also, you can't set both the vlan and IP address information: > leeloo# ifconfig vlan14 vlan 14 vlandev fxp0 inet W.X.Y.Z netmask 255.255.255.0 > ifconfig: inet: bad value > > As a result of this, the only way to create vlans from rc.conf seems to > be in two stages, by renaming the interface: > > cloned_interfaces="vlan14" > ifconfig_vlan14="vlan 14 vlandev fxp0 name somename" > ifconfig_somename="inet W.X.Y.Z netmask 255.255.255.0" Just use: ifconfig_vlan14="inet W.X.Y.Z netmask 255.255.255.0 vlan 14 vlandev fxp0" This is what ifconfig(8) manpage tells in the syntax section: the address should precede other parameters. -- Yar
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