Ifconfig with rc.conf Broken

[James Wyatt]

Don't alias interfaces have to be added to the "network_interfaces=" line? 
I thought only "real" interfaces were autodetected...

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, MC wrote:
> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 11:20:21 -0800
> From: MC <rossiya at gmail.com>
> To: freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
> Subject: Ifconfig with rc.conf Broken
> 
> Bizarre behavior with configuring the main interface IP with rc.conf:
>
> ifconfig_bge0="inet 10.0.0.15  netmask 0xffffff00"
> ifconfig_bge0_alias0="inet 10.0.0.16 netmask 0xffffffff" # Sample alias entry.
> defaultrouter="10.0.0.10"
>
> Doesn't configure the bge0 interface!  But:
>
> ifconfig bge0 10.0.0.8 netmask 0xffffffff alias
>
> works fine in rc.local.  Also configuration from command line in
> multiuser mode works fine, although I notice messages about bge0 going
> down, then another about it coming back up upon adding the main IP
>
> I apparently have identical behavior from another machine with an fxp0
> interface, from 6.1-PRERELEASE cvsuped on Sunday
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