From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 27 08:36:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 197A810656AC for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:36:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pluknet@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f54.google.com (mail-qw0-f54.google.com [209.85.216.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4F3A8FC20 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:36:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qwg5 with SMTP id 5so2780099qwg.13 for ; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:36:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=QlkZHKV+gOcd6CiC5EFpLblLWbM9HHsZVAeoUAmY/PM=; b=WNlrkV46NF4NLftBkKkOPPsG4k20MNLwVPTkNmWtXrJpFeydFqbvaY/uktjD1gdRnr 2r5ZVN1YEUFOaWZU5i8H/pRzyYc9tochKwTZwjuwikQtbCJEG8Ywb1sPwTgFfIMnoMFP S357e9d9NCoj1TOGaOgt4lPoYyfVH1tvr5yCY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=FqHMwpna6Bf2mkMfZOkURWCNb35I9Iu+RBR+1DwTzHD9OCY/rlTVSExjLovamS2SQf cUY6DkKmA+e7Fng49rhAyOXskPvEteCON/mr2q0HttSquwQ0jk0vS2U1VXcIBkNON3wf Qgas7dGtKjVy5IOYPgVieWhM3G6LBPT76X7so= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.121.65 with SMTP id g1mr87543qar.370.1282898181049; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:36:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.26.81 with HTTP; Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:36:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4C76D823.7070703@delphij.net> References: <4C76CA06.5010001@FreeBSD.org> <4C76D823.7070703@delphij.net> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:36:20 +0400 Message-ID: From: pluknet To: d@delphij.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] ifconfig description support in rc.d X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:36:22 -0000 On 27 August 2010 01:09, Xin LI 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