From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Mon Jul 27 19:02:02 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 343869AC20D for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:02:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ob0-x231.google.com (mail-ob0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c01::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F0A8AACF for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:02:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by obdeg2 with SMTP id eg2so66911939obd.0 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:02:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=dQWzxVhvmiJRvtjHUhpHJ9XvdtWcIjYvAwK3wyFY0GE=; b=E9JWAW3LHMjkRM5pGr3hGIz7+QsSv2NdZO38grKEgsGzw2WTLla0hbPgnro0+Oh52I pzxGkJ6oQxYcdHW6I4Qo4x5rWdJgVXQ4L/MEHBlDmZDqFPGovdtQtybpg/LPFQ8o/Ctj zkSj678bJ79QZdBy+l19EsYMEhbsNZZkxn/AoONptzFg5U8lgpxWNxg98jRPtDIO8v80 /Ejcm/uKAiBKt8Ozz4x25TR2V7osX17DrbgoxEKs//PQHR0aMHx07KVy2gsVJPmgKsHL iyweB00ukniwt0dpfWfsbSWV2GudMY8ApJRNU3eq1bXTdnpaHKSBTQsnqdBRwxy05Tdm g9PA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.47.106 with SMTP id c10mr29050713oen.64.1438023721214; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:02:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.81.100 with HTTP; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:02:01 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 12:02:01 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC] ifconfig description From: Freddie Cash To: Jason Hellenthal Cc: FreeBSD Net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 19:02:02 -0000 On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Jason Hellenthal wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Matter of fact =E2=80=A6 could someone commit this ? > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D156675 > > > No clue why it was closed for something that is so simple to do. > > =E2=80=8BIt was already merged (R=E2=80=8B223858). Looking at /etc/network= .subr on a 10.0-RELEASE system shows the eval line. So, it looks like one can just add " description something cool to describe interface" to =E2=80=8Bthe end of the ifconfig_IF=3D line. Not as neat and organised as having a separate ifconfig_IF_description variable to set, but still very much workable. Thanks for the pointer in the right direction. Now to play with it at work. :) --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com