Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:03:00 +0100 From: Milan Obuch <current@dino.sk> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: if_flags usage etc. Message-ID: <200601250903.01941.current@dino.sk> In-Reply-To: <43D72F49.8080304@freebsd.org> References: <20060124075437.B67285@xorpc.icir.org> <20060124.231504.74682748.sthaug@nethelp.no> <43D72F49.8080304@freebsd.org>
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On Wednesday 25 January 2006 08:56, Andre Oppermann wrote: > sthaug@nethelp.no wrote: > >>We should probably better document the interface "interface". if we are > >>going to (as Sam suggests) > >>do some cleanups we might as well consider what other changes should be > >>put in at the same time. > > ... > > > - One feature sorely missed (which I use a lot in my daily work with > > hardware based routers) is the ability to associate a "description" > > field with each interface. Note that this should be available both > > for physical interfaces (Ethernet etc.) and for logical interfaces > > (e.g. vlan). > > Struct ifnet is the same for all kinds of interfaces, so any change > would make it available for everyone. And yes, this looks like a useful > addition. See archives - mailing list freebsd-net, Nov 25. 2005, subject ifconfig description. Regards Milan
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