autobridge patch

[Andrew Thompson]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 10:50:38AM +0100, Marcin Jessa wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:16:05 +1300
> > I have a patch here that adds the ability to automatically add an
> > interface to a bridge when its attached. This is aimed towards apps
> > like qemu or vmware that open a tap interface and need it bridged
> > with the network adapter, the user can set up a glob for interfaces
> > to be automatically added (eg tap*). It may also be useful for Xen
> > dom0 support.
> > 
> > This patch includes a big change to how interfaces are configured in
> > userland. Before only physical Ethernet cards were handled by devd,
> > now _ALL_ interfaces are (vlans, pflog, pfsync, tap, tun, etc..). This
> > has the added bonus that the pseudo interfaces can be configured after
> > boottime in rc.conf, ifconfig_xxx="".
> > 
> > Please test this patch, even if you dont use a bridge. Im not in a
> > hurry to commit it.
>  
> Very cool, thanks.
> Before trying to patch my sources..
> Are the patches for CURRENT only or will they also work on 6.0 ?
 
The patch applies fine to RELENG_6, it will work.

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Andrew