"C. Stephen Gunn" wrote:
>
> 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.
That *is* configuring interfaces, you're just using a new mechanism to do it.
ifconfig fxp0 192.168.42.11 netmask 255.255.255.0 encap snap
> I'm not saying
> that it's wrong, I'm just advocating planning, thought, and most importantly
> coordination with the other BSDs when possible.
Given their lack of netgraph, and apparent reluctance to implement it, that
doesn't seem much of a problem at this time.
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