On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 11:11:32PM +0200, Jeremie Le Hen wrote: > > As Dag-Erling said, it may conflict with a future if_ip. Moreover, > network interfaces are renameable, so the namespace conflict is even > more likely. > > Although it breaks the standard rc(8) syntax, I would personaly prefer: > /etc/rc.d/netif (start6|stop6) rl0 > > BTW, the proposed syntax isn't very usual either :).
I wasn't happy about the syntax either, but I was at a loss at how to handle it. Now that you've mentioned the obvious answer, I'm wondering how come it never occured to me :-P > > > - In order to differentiate between v4 and v6 configuration directives some > > knobs in rc.conf(5)have been renamed with an ipv4_ prefix: > > network_interfaces > > ifconfig_DEFAULT > > ifconfig_<interface> > > ifconfig_<interface>_aliasX > > defaultrouter > > gateway_enable > > static_routes > > etc... > > > > - Modify all scripts that reference old knobs (without ipv4_ prefix) to > > reference the new version of the knobs > > > > - Compatibility shims in rc.subr(8) so that old uses of knobs without an > > ipv4_ prefix work as expected. As part of this change split the > > code for this processing into its own function: old2new_knobs() > > This is neat. What about issuing a warning in order to make a > quicker transition ? > I think this is a matter of personal preference. If a lot of people think there should be a warning I can add it. Personally, I don't see the need, we can keep the shims as long as we want. Cheers. -- Mike Makonnen | GPG-KEY: http://people.freebsd.org/~mtm/mtm.asc mmakonnen @ gmail.com | AC7B 5672 2D11 F4D0 EBF8 5279 5359 2B82 7CD4 1F55 mtm @ FreeBSD.Org | FreeBSD - http://www.freebsd.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
