kern/83622: [ patch ] add network interfaces labeling support

[Brooks Davis]

On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 08:20:26PM +0000, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
>  I am realy unsure about stuffing such data into kernel.
>  It's 'nice' but not more.

Unless we plan to implement a network configuration DBMS and discard
all other interfaces to network interface configuration, the kernel is
the only possible place.  It costs close to nothing if the string is
malloc'd and could easily be made into an option for people who were
really bothered by it, particulary since it doens't affect the ABI not
that struct ifnet is no longer in the softc.

>  Usually high level CLIs give the ability to set interface
>  descriptions and show them...

Such CLIs could feel free to use or ignore this value.

IMO, not using it would be stupid since it would prevent the value from
being visiable to other tools which is the sort of brain damaged BS that
annoys me every time I have to misfortune to use some GUIfied Linux
system.

>  I case we'll do it I think we should take RFC2233 ifAlias
>  into account.

Providing an extra rc.conf variable too set this value appears to meet
the requirements for ifAlias so I don't think it's an issue.

-- Brooks

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