From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 11:34:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6920B37B401 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 11:34:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73DF843FA3 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 11:34:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (IDENT:brdavis@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.9/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h46IY1UO023933; Tue, 6 May 2003 11:34:02 -0700 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.12.9/8.12.3/Submit) id h46IY1pL023931; Tue, 6 May 2003 11:34:01 -0700 Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 11:34:01 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Vincent Jardin Message-ID: <20030506183400.GA6840@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <200305031547.34668.vjardin@wanadoo.fr> <20030505191853.GA25827@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <200305052347.23923.vjardin@wanadoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200305052347.23923.vjardin@wanadoo.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) on odin.ac.hmc.edu cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Howto rename an interface X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2003 18:34:05 -0000 --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. >=20 > I had been googling about if_xname, and I found OpenBSD. According to the= ir=20 > cvs history they do not use if_unit/if_name since 1996. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 --=20 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 --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+uAARXY6L6fI4GtQRAnsIAJ4j3Y88Oz/oasOEupqBc5ppoogGJQCeOppG FAye+Us5WE7Dwq6feeS+RLs= =VbI5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn--