Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:08:12 +0200 From: Nikolay Denev <ndenev@gmail.com> To: Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ng_ether and vlan interfaces Message-ID: <5516808338355511684@unknownmsgid> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim%2Bht=PjU3cg2e8AzReqFDW8pw_e-i1RYT3M2P4@mail.gmail.com> References: <D275511D-0502-48ED-9186-EF4BF42B372E@gmail.com> <AANLkTi=bVv_M=2ShVos113Y6ROsJ3_M3Qp-wBP8=B=bH@mail.gmail.com> <4D5AAA28.50408@freebsd.org> <AANLkTim%2Bht=PjU3cg2e8AzReqFDW8pw_e-i1RYT3M2P4@mail.gmail.com>
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On 15.02.2011, at 18:53, Arnaud Lacombe <lacombar@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> wrote: >> changing it to '_' might be accceptable, '.' is much like '/' in th >> filesystem. >> it is a separator. You can't have it in the name. >> a patch that converted . to _ would be a nice idea. >> please ensure that the man page is updated as well. >> > Doesn't FreeBSD care about kernel/userland backward interface > compatibility at all ? ie. will all my scripts assuming '.' as a > separator need to also check the FreeBSD version to use whatever path > separator ? How would you do that with bare ngctl script, which cannot > be really that evolved ? How do you deal with node in the wild already > using '_' in their name ? > > Thanks, > - Arnaud I'm actually thinking on doing the check and replacement of dots in ng_ether, so it won't affect other netgraph consumers. Regards, Nikolay
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