From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 12 16:06:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00EA11065692; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:06:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philip@paeps.cx) Received: from rincewind.paeps.cx (rincewind.paeps.cx [IPv6:2002:596a:f092::149]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B64F58FC22; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:06:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rincewind.paeps.cx (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 21178D74409; Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:06:34 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:06:34 +0100 From: Philip Paeps To: Xin LI Message-ID: <20091112160634.GN8230@rincewind.paeps.cx> Mail-Followup-To: Xin LI , src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org References: <200911112130.nABLUw9b007768@svn.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200911112130.nABLUw9b007768@svn.freebsd.org> X-PGP-Fingerprint: 356B AE02 4763 F739 2FA2 E438 2649 E628 C5D3 4D05 X-Date: Today is Sweetmorn, the 24th day of The Aftermath in the YOLD 3175 X-Phase-of-Moon: The Moon is Waning Crescent (19% of Full) X-Philip-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Organization: Happily Disorganized User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r199201 - in head: contrib/libpcap sbin/ifconfig share/man/man4 sys/kern sys/net sys/sys X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:06:35 -0000 On 2009-11-11 21:30:58 (+0000), Xin LI wrote: > Log: > Add interface description capability as inspired by OpenBSD. In addition to the comments already made, I'd also like to note that it would make a lot of sense to announce changes in interface descriptions to the routing socket. That way, SNMP or other userspace consumers (a daemon sending CDP announcements, for instance - though arguably the kernel could send those) can be notified of changes rather than having to poll for them. - Philip -- Philip Paeps Please don't Cc me, I am philip@freebsd.org subscribed to the list. BOFH Excuse #363: Out of cards on drive D: