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Date:      Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:36:29 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys sockio.h src/sys/net if.c src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.8 ifconfig.c 
Message-ID:  <200006172136.OAA01402@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:23:29 EDT." <200006172123.RAA05383@whizzo.transsys.com> 

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> 
> But how many new media-specific keywords can ifconfig withstand over
> time?

As many as there are address families that require them.

> I was only suggesting that there be one generic one; perhaps "lladdr"
> isn't the most mnemonic and something else is more suitable.

Why bother with a keyword at all?  I mean, why bother distinguishing 
between "inet" and "ether"?

(This is an illustrative question, and not meant to be taken literally.)

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\\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself,  \\  msmith@freebsd.org
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