Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 11:34:01 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Vincent Jardin <vjardin@wanadoo.fr> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Howto rename an interface Message-ID: <20030506183400.GA6840@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <200305052347.23923.vjardin@wanadoo.fr> References: <200305031547.34668.vjardin@wanadoo.fr> <20030505191853.GA25827@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <200305052347.23923.vjardin@wanadoo.fr>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 11:47:23PM +0200, Vincent Jardin wrote: > > Many issues are resolved by moving from if_name and if_unit to if_xname > > in ifnet. I've got a patch for that, but due to lack of time to deal > > with the issues involved in the ABI change I don't think I'll get it > > in to 5.x. It doesn't deal with sockaddr_dl or routing sockets, but > > it does clean up most uses if interface names. > > I had been googling about if_xname, and I found OpenBSD. According to their > cvs history they do not use if_unit/if_name since 1996. > > revision 1.9 > date: 1996/05/10 12:31:07; author: deraadt; state: Exp; lines: +48 -112 > if_name/if_unit -> if_xname/if_softc That's basicly what my patches do. > > I did take a shot at interface renaming, but didn't quite get it right > > the first try. I was looking at what I did wrong a little while ago and > > I don't think renaming is all that difficult once you kill off if_name > > and if_unit. It's on my todo list, but I think it's a 6.x feature at > > this point. > > I agree that the main issue is to remove all the if_name and > if_unit. It would have been a nice 5.x feature ;-) Yes it would have, but RE never approved my commit before 5.0 and I haven't had time since then so it's probably going to be a 6.0 feature. If the people wanting to add an if_alias member get that approved, if_xname should go in as well since the ABI will be trashed anyway. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+uAARXY6L6fI4GtQRAnsIAJ4j3Y88Oz/oasOEupqBc5ppoogGJQCeOppG FAye+Us5WE7Dwq6feeS+RLs= =VbI5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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