Merging rc.d/network_ipv6 into rc.d/netif

[Eric F Crist]

On Nov 11, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Gergely CZUCZY wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 06:02:56PM +0100, Soeren Straarup wrote:
>> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:17:18 -0800 (PST)
>> Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Bob Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 11/5/07, Mike Makonnen <mtm at freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Most IP related knobs will have an ipv4_ and ipv6_ version. To
>>>>> make the transition easier rc.subr(8) will "automagically" DTRT
>>>>> for the following knobs:
>>>>>        gateway_enable     => ipv4_gateway_enable
>>>>>        router_enable      => ipv4_router_enable
>>>>>        router             => ipv4_router
>>>>>        router_flags       => ipv4_router_flags
>>>>>        defaultrouter      => ipv4_defaultrouter
>>>>>        static_routes      => ipv4_static_routes
>>>>>        static_routes_<IF> => ipv4_static_routes_<IF>
>>>>>        route_<XXX>        => ipv4_route_<XXX>
>>>>>        dhclient_program   => ipv4_dhclient_program
>>>>>        dhclient_flags     => ipv4_dhclient_flags
>>>>>        dhclient_flags_<IF> => ipv4_dhclient_flags_<IF>
>>>>>        background_dhclient_<IF> => ipv4_background_dhclient_<IF>
>>>>>
>>>>> Please try it and let me know what you think.
>>>>
>>>> Personally, I'd prefer the new names be along the lines of
>>>> ifconfig_<interface>_ipv4, ifconfig_<interface>_ipv6,
>>>> defaultrouter_ipv4, defaultrouter_ipv6, dhclient_program_ipv4,
>>>> dhclient_program_ipv6, etc.
>>>
>>> Personally I think that grouping things by ipv4/ipv6 makes more
>>> sense, and has better longevity.
>>>
>>>> And this would be a good time to change defaultrouter to
>>>> default_router!
>>>
>>> Or we could make it shorter and call it gateway.
>>
>> Well there is a difference between router and gateway.
>> I think that gateway would be a better word since from my
>> understanding that is what people use today.
> +1 vote for the "gateway". I always wandered why it's called
> "router", since "gateway" would be a more proper name for it.


+1 vote for "gateway".
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Eric F Crist
Secure Computing Networks