if_flags usage etc.

[Milan Obuch]

On Wednesday 25 January 2006 08:56, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> sthaug at nethelp.no wrote:
> >>We should probably better document the interface "interface". if we are
> >>going to (as Sam suggests)
> >>do some cleanups we might as well consider what other changes should be
> >>put in at the same time.
> >
...
>
> > - One feature sorely missed (which I use a lot in my daily work with
> > hardware based routers) is the ability to associate a "description"
> > field with each interface.  Note that this should be available both
> > for physical interfaces (Ethernet etc.) and for logical interfaces
> > (e.g. vlan).
>
> Struct ifnet is the same for all kinds of interfaces, so any change
> would make it available for everyone.  And yes, this looks like a useful
> addition.

See archives - mailing list freebsd-net, Nov 25. 2005, subject ifconfig 
description.
Regards
Milan