On Friday 14 May 2004 11:38, Artis Caune wrote: <...> > And here is the problem: > If i watch departure events, interface renaming feature will > flush walid rules: > case SIOCSIFNAME: > ... > EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE(ifnet_departure_event, ifp); > ... change if_xname ... > EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE(ifnet_arrival_event, ifp); > > how about another event? ;) > EVENTHANDLER_INVOKE(ifnet_rename_event, ifp->ifx_name, new_name); > strlcpy(ifp->if_xname, new_name, sizeof(ifp->if_xname));
PLEASE NO! I can't say that I have read your implementation sketch in-depth, but if you need such a thing it is broken. > > The other (big) problem in this field is, how to handle yet unknown > > interfaces (e.g. USB/Cardbus/ppp/tun/...). > > What is about usb/cardbus/... interfaces? Don't they also call > ether_ifattach()/if_attach()? Of course they do, but you might want to write rules for those interfaces *before* you plug in your card so you can not use if_nametoindex. -- Best regards, | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Max Laier | ICQ #67774661 http://pf4freebsd.love2party.net/ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
