>> From my perspective, putting it in a separate db outside the kernel >> kind of defeats the purpose. I thought the first patches had the >> right idea. though for me the current ability to rename an interface >> is good enough. I mean is you can cal your interface "Sydney0" or >> "Melbourne2" that is really enough.. > Having read the discussion, I agree that the description should be > in the kernel. However, being a router geek the ability to rename > an interface to "Sydney0" or "Melbourne2" is not at all enough. For > the routers & switches I work with we really want a description of > at least 50 characters - and it's important to be able to include > space.
also a router geek. but for the sake of simplicity, i am quite willing to s/\ /_/ or whatever. randy _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
