I am a bit unclear -- how do we allocate if_index values for network interfaces ? I thought the strategy was allocate them sequentially, and only reuse numbers at the top of the allocated range. But then i see if_findindex() is quite complicated, and seems to look for hints using resource_string_value() and resource_find_dev() to possibly recycle old indexes below if_index.
Can someone explain what is the goal ? Reuse a number if an interface has the same name of a previously existing one and the index is free ? And does it make sense, anyways, or we could just simplify that code and just reuse the first available entry in ifindex_table[] ? Even the current allocation strategy does not guarantee that indexes reflect the order of creation of interfaces, if that is what we care about. cheers luigi _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"