Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 23:47:23 +0200 From: Vincent Jardin <vjardin@wanadoo.fr> To: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Howto rename an interface Message-ID: <200305052347.23923.vjardin@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <20030505191853.GA25827@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <200305031547.34668.vjardin@wanadoo.fr> <20030505191853.GA25827@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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> Many issues are resolved by moving from if_name and if_unit to if_xname > in ifnet. I've got a patch for that, but due to lack of time to deal > with the issues involved in the ABI change I don't think I'll get it > in to 5.x. It doesn't deal with sockaddr_dl or routing sockets, but > it does clean up most uses if interface names. I had been googling about if_xname, and I found OpenBSD. According to the= ir=20 cvs history they do not use if_unit/if_name since 1996. revision 1.9 date: 1996/05/10 12:31:07; author: deraadt; state: Exp; lines: +48 -11= 2 if_name/if_unit -> if_xname/if_softc > I did take a shot at interface renaming, but didn't quite get it right > the first try. I was looking at what I did wrong a little while ago an= d > I don't think renaming is all that difficult once you kill off if_name > and if_unit. It's on my todo list, but I think it's a 6.x feature at > this point. I agree that the main issue is to remove all the if_name and if_unit. It = would=20 have been a nice 5.x feature ;-) Thanks for your comments about if_xname, Vincent
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