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Date:      Thu, 11 Oct 2001 10:20:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1011011102009.51867J-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <200110110554.f9B5sdi29639@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Cool.  Of course, this creates some conflict in my mind as to whether
these aliases shouldn't be available via ifconfig (for setting, getting,
but maybe not listing?)

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project
robert@fledge.watson.org      NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Jonathan Lemon wrote:

> jlemon      2001/10/10 22:54:39 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sys/net              if.c 
>   Log:
>   Move device nodes into a /dev/net/ directory, to avoid conflict with
>   existing devices (e.g.: tunX).  This may need a little more thought.
>   
>   Create a /dev/netX alias for devices.  net0 is reserved.
>   
>   Allow wiring of net aliases in /boot/device.hints of the form:
>   	hint.net.1.dev="lo0"
>   	hint.net.12.ether="00:a0:c9:c9:9d:63"
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.119     +62 -9     src/sys/net/if.c
> 
> 


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