Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:23:30 +0200 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipv6_addrs_IF aliases in rc.conf(5) Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSc-VwdmYBEtZwO03x-p2o7-eUr9bWrhMhjBCUSah_0v_A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2B7WWSdqjkZq1y0dyxV9LiycNA0V%2BCyEKt9x0d%2BWJaaWC4SXSg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CA%2B7WWSftYL7zjdXmSbapXHJvSAMJrKY2Un6yt4L=RkOu1eq8mw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSe8Qx17ZMjdugSJQKEsqXcJ0Ds1hHUZi-3mMw2KN971RA@mail.gmail.com> <50D1C553.9060100@wasikowski.net> <CA%2B7WWSewg%2BQqcn1L508tAiBY1zLQfne6AC6w7oAco3y=efcX9w@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSeibFGNSwtjUeK-U6irj6axGftAHJC2eYU3tQoeM0JRpA@mail.gmail.com> <20121220132750.GB99616@stack.nl> <CA%2B7WWSdqjkZq1y0dyxV9LiycNA0V%2BCyEKt9x0d%2BWJaaWC4SXSg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Dec 21, 2012 at 5:43 AM, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Jilles Tjoelker <jilles@stack.nl> wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 01:04:34PM +0200, Kimmo Paasiala wrote: >>> A question related to this for those who have been doing work on the >>> rc(8) scripts. Can I assume that /usr/bin is available when >>> network.subr functions are used? Doing calculations on hexadecimal >>> numbers is going to be very awkward if I can't use for example bc(1). >> >> You cannot assume that /usr/bin is available when setting up the >> network. It may be that /usr is mounted via NFS. >> >> You can use hexadecimal numbers (prefixed with 0x) in $((...)) >> expressions. In FreeBSD 9.0 or newer, sh has a printf builtin you can >> use; in older versions you can use hexdigit and hexprint from >> network.subr. >> >> -- >> Jilles Tjoelker > > Thanks, I've rewitten my patch to support ranges. It is attached in > this message. > > Again it's against a very recent 9-STABLE, I still haven't found time > to see if it applies to CURRENT. > > It does allow you to do crazy stuff like > > ipv6_addrs_re0="2001:db8:1111:2222::1-ffff/64" > > However I didn't find anything to limit the number of aliases in the > ipv4 version of the function either. > > Please test it :) > > > Then a question about the PR > (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=174225) I wrote, how can I > attach this new patch to it? The submit follow up -button fires up my > email client and I'm not so sure how to submit a new patch for the PR > in an email in such a way that it appears properly formatted in the > PR. > > Regards, > > Kimmo Paasiala PR updated with the new patch. -Kimmo
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