Re: epair(4)

On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 07:40:52PM +0200, Patrick M. Hausen wrote:

>The handbook has always been clear about the only correct way to configure
>a bridge and member interfaces since the introduction of if_bridge(4) and the
>removal of the previous bridge(4) in 2007:
>
>https://svnweb.freebsd.org/doc/head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.xml?revision=30565&view=markup
>
>	If the bridge host needs an IP address then the correct
>        place to set this is on the bridge interface itself rather
>        than one of the member interfaces.  This can be set statically
>        or via DHCP.

On reflection, maybe I should have said something like "the handbook has 
only been clear *in the virtualization section*" about the "correct way to 
configure" this since around the middle of last year.

I think, from what other list members have written also, that many did as 
I did:- looked at the virtualization part of the handbook, found all what
was required there to get started, and thats it. They would probably not
(as I didn't) see the need to look at the advanced networking section if they
were only using a bridge with bhyve or similar.

Basically, I'm suggesting that maybe more noise be made about the change,
especially given that it deals with a part of the system that, once the initial
configuration has been done and tested, is rarely examined afterwards.
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