[RFC] ifconfig description support in rc.d

[pluknet]

On 27 August 2010 01:09, Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net> wrote:
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> On 2010/08/26 13:09, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 08/26/2010 12:53 PM, pluknet wrote:
>>> [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.
>>
>> This seems like a good addition, thanks. Please also write a patch for
>> rc.conf.5 to describe this new functionality and I'll be happy to commit
>> it.  One note below.
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> I have drafted one.

Nice, thank you! With my poor English, this is a valuable help from you.

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> (Note that fxp is a 100Mbps card so it might be sensible to replace it
> with just Switch 2?)
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Thanks for catching this. Will fix it.

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