On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 10:23:23 MST, Wes Peters wrote:
> > Well.. It's a change to ifconfig for normal interface configuraton.
>
> No, what I'm saying is that ifconfig would look exactly like it does now
> for standard IP-over-EthII and for vlan id, and would be extended to handle
> other configurations not currently supported like SNAP, or SNAP + VLAN.
>
> > I also wasn't aware that ifconfig handles netgraph node creation,
> > I thought you (currently) used ngctl or libnetgraph for that.
>
> It doesn't now, but it's only software.
We're on the same page. I was just observing that it was a software change
to ifconfig. We're teaching it tricks about creating/associating netgraph
nodes with interfaces. Not just configuring interfaces. I'm not saying
that it's wrong, I'm just advocating planning, thought, and most importantly
coordination with the other BSDs when possible.
- Steve
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