Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 21:15:42 +0100 From: void <void@f-m.fm> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: epair(4) Message-ID: <aC-F7jAvS4so01jn@int21h> In-Reply-To: <8DCF0DAB-5EE5-4FEF-8CCC-1D7AF971BA8C@hausen.com> References: <20250515162552.9209B20E@slippy.cwsent.com> <20250515185919.87008219@slippy.cwsent.com> <45d0f49d-229b-46b4-af95-6e8c4c856661@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> <aCeXdxeeWQs_Sz77@ragweed.eden.le-fay.org> <932111f8-f5ca-46d1-9f66-983f80f6116b@protected-networks.net> <aCeeSQY-fMH7l3XS@ragweed.eden.le-fay.org> <aC5sfOtgG79EwIUZ@int21h> <8DCF0DAB-5EE5-4FEF-8CCC-1D7AF971BA8C@hausen.com>
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On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 07:40:52PM +0200, Patrick M. Hausen wrote: >The handbook has always been clear about the only correct way to configure >a bridge and member interfaces since the introduction of if_bridge(4) and the >removal of the previous bridge(4) in 2007: > >https://svnweb.freebsd.org/doc/head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml?revision=30565&view=markup > > If the bridge host needs an IP address then the correct > place to set this is on the bridge interface itself rather > than one of the member interfaces. This can be set statically > or via DHCP. On reflection, maybe I should have said something like "the handbook has only been clear *in the virtualization section*" about the "correct way to configure" this since around the middle of last year. I think, from what other list members have written also, that many did as I did:- looked at the virtualization part of the handbook, found all what was required there to get started, and thats it. They would probably not (as I didn't) see the need to look at the advanced networking section if they were only using a bridge with bhyve or similar. Basically, I'm suggesting that maybe more noise be made about the change, especially given that it deals with a part of the system that, once the initial configuration has been done and tested, is rarely examined afterwards. --home | help
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