Re: networking in 14.1 release notes

From: Mike Karels <mike_at_karels.net>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 00:59:08 UTC 
On 19 May 2024, at 18:29, mike tancsa wrote:

> On 5/18/2024 10:49 AM, Mike Karels wrote:
>> I have no networking changes at all in the 14.1 release notes.  Is there
>> anything that should be mentioned?  Feel free to reply to me individually.
>>
> Not sure if appropriate or not, but when going to 13.x to 14.x, not all vlan configs work now in rc.conf
>
> Both
>
> ifconfig_vlan2="192.168.1.51/24 vlandev igb1 vlan 2"
> ifconfig_vlan2="192.168.1.51/24 vlan 2 vlandev igb1"
>
> used to work on RELENG_13
>
> now only
>
> ifconfig_vlan2="192.168.1.51/24  vlan 2 vlandev igb1"
>
> is allowed.  Maybe a heads up in UPDATING ?

That sounds like an outright bug.  Looks like it was true in 14.0 as well.
Is there a bug report?  I couldn't find one.

btw, UPDATING is meant for upgrades from source.

		Mike