Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2003 10:25:07 -0800 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: Brian Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if.c Message-ID: <200312261025.07395.sam@errno.com> In-Reply-To: <200312261809.hBQI9ZL7007269@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200312261809.hBQI9ZL7007269@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Friday 26 December 2003 10:09 am, Brian Feldman wrote: > green 2003/12/26 10:09:35 PST > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > sys/net if.c > Log: > Don't truncate the interface name in ifunit(). It's now possible to > query "very long interface names", e.g.: > ndis_atheros0: flags=8847<UP,BROADCAST,DEBUG,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> > mtu 1500 I'm not sure this works out well as I believe user-level apps like netstat assume interface names are short max-lengthed strings. I've been using the ndis stuff (great work btw) and was thinking instead that it would be nice to customize the device by specifying the name at config time. I think you need to discuss changes like this before committing them. Sam
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