Re: Network interface renaming

Chris Ross <cross+freebsd@distal.com> writes:
> 1. Is interface renaming just too dangerous to use?

Yes.  For instance, `service netif stop` and `service netif restart` may
not work properly, packet filter rulesets may fail to load, etc.

> 2. Is there any way I can make the interfaces take
> their names earlier?
> 3. Can I verify when local-onbound, or other, daemons are starting
> up and if they’re failing get that reported somewhere I can see
> After the system is multi-user?

To see the order they start in:

    rcorder /etc/rc.d/* /usr/local/etc/rc.d/*

Anything that failed to start will presumably have left error messages
in /var/log/messages.

DES
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