Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 21:01:18 +0200 From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ermal_Lu=E7i?=" <ermal.luci@gmail.com> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Question about network interface naming and devfs(5)! Message-ID: <9a542da30804071201o520812f8w4fc413131c4140b0@mail.gmail.com>
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Hello, it seems that devfs(5) is not consistent with network interface naming feature. Network interface naming is offered by ifconfig $interface name $name. This feature is really helpful to distinguish interfaces properly in a machine and helps in scripting things. The problem is that the ioctl that renames the device advertises it as an interface arrival event which devfs does not handle and such you have inconsistence between ifconfig output and the information in devfs. Are there any plans to fix this or is there any issue for not making devfs(5) aware of network interfaces events?! Ermal
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