bin/82367: [PATCH] ifconfig ifname.tag does not automatically load if_vlan module

Brooks Davis brooks at one-eyed-alien.net
Fri Jun 17 23:30:26 GMT 2005


The following reply was made to PR bin/82367; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Brooks Davis <brooks at one-eyed-alien.net>
To: Nuno Antunes <nuno.antunes at gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/82367: [PATCH] ifconfig ifname.tag does not automatically load if_vlan module
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 16:20:53 -0700

 I think this is a bad idea.  There is nothing that says that all
 interfaces containing '.' characters in their name are vlans.  If you
 want to create vlans this way, load the module first.
 
 -- Brooks


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