Just a suggestion, perhaps there should be a dev tree in sysctl with nodes for each device type then device.
interesting applications for this: reporting on packets dropped/sent and such displaying connection status (duplex/100mb/10mb... etc) enabling/disabling power saving features dev.iface.fxp0.ipkts = 432523 dev.iface.fxp0.opkts = 432523 dev.iface.fxp0.linkspeed = 100 dev.iface.fxp0.linkmode = full-duplex dev.dsk.da0.tags = 32 .... sysctl -w dev.iface.fxp0.linkmode=half-duplex ? -Alfred Perlstein - [bri...@rush.net|bri...@wintelcom.net] systems administrator and programmer Win Telecom - http://www.wintelcom.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message