[RFC] ifconfig description support in rc.d

[pluknet]

[cc'ing current@ as rc@ looks too quite]

Hi.

Since ifconfig has grown to label interfaces with
ifconfig $ifname description "foobar", what about
to give it more life and store i/face descriptions
semi-permanently, so they will survive between reboots?

This patch adds a functionality to rc.d to label
interfaces at boot time.

Comments are welcome.

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Index: etc/rc.d/netif
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/netif      (revision 211280)
+++ etc/rc.d/netif      (working copy)
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@

                # Rename interfaces.
                ifnet_rename
+
+               # Give description to interfaces.
+               ifnet_descr
        fi

        # Configure the interface(s).
Index: etc/network.subr
===================================================================
--- etc/network.subr    (revision 211280)
+++ etc/network.subr    (working copy)
@@ -1187,6 +1187,24 @@
        return 0
 }

+# ifnet_descr
+#      Add description to all requested interfaces.
+#
+ifnet_descr()
+{
+       local _if _ifdescr
+
+       # ifconfig_IF_descr
+       for _if in `ifconfig -l`; do
+               _ifdescr="`get_if_var $_if ifconfig_IF_descr`"
+               if [ ! -z "$_ifdescr" ]; then
+                       ifconfig $_if descr "$_ifdescr"
+               fi
+       done
+
+       return 0
+}
+
 # list_net_interfaces type
 #      List all network interfaces. The type of interface returned
 #      can be controlled by the type argument. The type
Index: etc/defaults/rc.conf
===================================================================
--- etc/defaults/rc.conf        (revision 211280)
+++ etc/defaults/rc.conf        (working copy)
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
 #ifconfig_ed0_ipv6="inet6 2001:db8:1::1 prefixlen 64" # Sample IPv6 addr entry
 #ifconfig_ed0_alias0="inet6 2001:db8:2::1 prefixlen 64" # Sample IPv6 alias
 #ifconfig_fxp0_name="net0"     # Change interface name from fxp0 to net0.
+#ifconfig_fxp0_descr="Uplink to Gigabit Switch 2"      # Label fxp0 interface
 #vlans_fxp0="101 vlan0"                # vlan(4) interfaces for fxp0 device
 #create_arg_vlan0="vlan 102"   # vlan tag for vlan0 device
 #wlans_ath0="wlan0"            # wlan(4) interfaces for ath0 device
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-- 
wbr,
pluknet
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