From owner-freebsd-net@freebsd.org Tue Jul 28 12:31:52 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C5C59ABCAE for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:31:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eirnym@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pd0-x22b.google.com (mail-pd0-x22b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::22b]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6A635D6B for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:31:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eirnym@gmail.com) Received: by pdbbh15 with SMTP id bh15so70242319pdb.1 for ; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 05:31:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=pvtCDYS6wmpi7ko03nkl1TqxI7oPWnqaWezGo1bBiGs=; b=J/RGS1trCohtAz1oy9EDt46xksGHSAo8QC+KkFCBF7i3zaWsfGI2pInDnwn40567pN 4bqQ5DDJ0Vq+JKCExyUXPz1PeJXZyWNv+7gerJXJ8qUohm3po9wzbamz9eA+JZx3md+8 vDfpT/rwVp5KEjFeLqsKog5Knnc0skRvi4S2F7Z72A6OLoZfwdj5cGPoUSHMpjRfMVMj 4NWOsPiItH3b0Va8p3iGd+oApDSBThMijyMUowwXvymXcMIm5cmslW+ePO0OikNxalQP nxdZ3nk74nGK7Ho2NVj0htHXk6j1bk3cBbIsXAqhQWp3Avi+wILE6ZzFSSA4qX9SZp+3 zp5w== X-Received: by 10.70.102.209 with SMTP id fq17mr81499695pdb.77.1438086711846; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 05:31:51 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.66.189.130 with HTTP; Tue, 28 Jul 2015 05:31:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5575FAD8-B044-46A2-9942-F1451E754435@dataix.net> References: <5575FAD8-B044-46A2-9942-F1451E754435@dataix.net> From: Arseny Nasokin Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:31:32 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC] ifconfig description To: Jason Hellenthal Cc: Freddie Cash , FreeBSD Net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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, 28 Jul 2015 12:31:52 -0000 Separate ifconfig_IF_description will be simpler to use. -- Eir Nym On 27 July 2015 at 22:19, Jason Hellenthal wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Yeah thats pretty much what I=E2=80=99m doing right now. Attempting to ma= tch up > some interfaces and throw a valuable description on each interface. With > vlan interfaces I have not been successful at anything but manual > configuration thus far. > > On Jul 27, 2015, at 14:02, Freddie Cash wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Jason Hellenthal > wrote: > - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Matter of fact =E2=80=A6 could someone commit this ? > > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D156675 > > > No clue why it was closed for something that is so simple to do. > > > =E2=80=8BIt was already merged (R=E2=80=8B223858). Looking at /etc/netwo= rk.subr on a > 10.0-RELEASE system shows the eval line. So, it looks like one can just > add " description something cool to describe interface" to =E2=80=8Bthe = end of the > ifconfig_IF=3D line. > > Not as neat and organised as having a separate ifconfig_IF_description > variable to set, but still very much workable. > > Thanks for the pointer in the right direction. Now to play with it at > work. :) > > - -- > Freddie Cash > fjwcash@gmail.com > > > - -- > Jason Hellenthal > JJH48-ARIN > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJVtoRDAAoJEDLu+wRc4KcIZ98H/i4+B4jiyNzP9yRevwMUgg6t > QH+5fwhyfAFMOwuKmtLuFhdF5yx7KjII0/I8CWhy0SrYa83vHG83kW2TRD6q8iwy > fpl4HJC07ttD+mY/CtOfIhY6gh8aG/eIK7r73ctHJdPbcnIHH+qMLgrGKAA26Zmc > ZKBMHu12KSbmU6B4kv4b4diKptNgFCxeF3BhHxE7edJlSyP8h1N2AFcw89TrnYb+ > HhKoSbj+Qz+D4IjtNt6HXrgTUkEeoDj32QVSOWkNnCIne5/uzkgK37+DA5RnaqoB > 0b4OnO6VKL6kuKjKtkjjMJw8VMK8YmphEbwEUboftmjQhb3dWjW20cdQ+DdH5zA=3D > =3DOpeb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >