Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 17:58:47 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: destroying tunN Message-ID: <20060613005847.GA23824@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <17550.2830.500237.71736@canoe.dclg.ca> References: <17550.2830.500237.71736@canoe.dclg.ca>
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--qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 08:47:10PM -0400, David Gilbert wrote: > first off, why don't if_tun devices destroy themselves when the owner > closes the device? Historical behavior. I suspect many people would be very suprised it they automaticly vanished, but there's some argument that's the right thing to do. > But... aslo, why can't I 'unplumb' an unused tunN device with > ifconfig? Because they aren't hooked to the interface cloning system since their auto creation code predates it. This should be fixed, but is more difficult than for a staticly compiled interface due to the existing cloning code. -- 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 --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEjg3GXY6L6fI4GtQRAtp3AKCVWzbHWdTgozSAl7QjGJ4+fuUrGwCfV4jN XNENOWRiWL5X8llFLZ/vChU= =gMKN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qDbXVdCdHGoSgWSk--
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