Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 10:54:19 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Jones Begone <drexel@robotslave.net>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem with gif devices using GENERIC Message-ID: <20010817105419.A26870@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20010816212119.B82603@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:21:19PM -0700 References: <127159937320.20010816215503@robotslave.net> <20010816212119.B82603@xor.obsecurity.org>
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--IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:21:19PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > You need to create them explicitly now with 'ifconfig create'. The > benefit is that you no longer have to prespecify the number of gif > interfaces at kernel compile-time, they can be created on the fly. > Just create them with the appropriate ifconfig_gif<#> entry in > rc.conf. Actually, to get them created through rc.conf you need a gifconfig_gif<#> entry or an appropriate /etc/start_if.gif<#> file. This is somewhat of a bug since gifconfig_ entries don't actually call gifconfig anymore and are a bit obsolete. I think what we probably want to do is add some code to check for the interface and then attempt to create it if it doesn't exist. -- 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 --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7fVpKXY6L6fI4GtQRAlsuAKDoZY4Lv4rAcQtZGJ2epH8qCLAaEQCg2ivU MiflZcKoJN+DtMiurdSi3Mc= =1ZBE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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