Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:36:20 +0400 From: pluknet <pluknet@gmail.com> To: d@delphij.net Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] ifconfig description support in rc.d Message-ID: <AANLkTikCArNNAhDTE6-sJY2qL4ekiFN8H0A1bbQj=ovO@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C76D823.7070703@delphij.net> References: <AANLkTinfOSQGnk0%2BPK6iM0=v5CZn2vcmJZbA8TvgGbfr@mail.gmail.com> <4C76CA06.5010001@FreeBSD.org> <4C76D823.7070703@delphij.net>
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On 27 August 2010 01:09, Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 2010/08/26 13:09, Doug Barton wrote: >> On 08/26/2010 12:53 PM, pluknet wrote: >>> [cc'ing current@ as rc@ looks too quite] >>> >>> Hi. >>> >>> Since ifconfig has grown to label interfaces with >>> ifconfig $ifname description "foobar", what about >>> to give it more life and store i/face descriptions >>> semi-permanently, so they will survive between reboots? >>> >>> This patch adds a functionality to rc.d to label >>> interfaces at boot time. >>> >>> Comments are welcome. >> >> This seems like a good addition, thanks. Please also write a patch for >> rc.conf.5 to describe this new functionality and I'll be happy to commit >> it. =A0One note below. > > I have drafted one. Nice, thank you! With my poor English, this is a valuable help from you. > > (Note that fxp is a 100Mbps card so it might be sensible to replace it > with just Switch 2?) > Thanks for catching this. Will fix it. --=20 wbr, pluknet
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