loopback creation at boot

[Thomas Vogt]

Hi Steve

Am 17.12.2008 um 04:33 schrieb Steve Bertrand:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm curious to know if the creation of additional 'lo' interfaces is
> possible at boot via the traditional /etc/rc.conf as of yet.
>
> Forgive me if I've missed anything regarding this.
>
> I'm still trying to blend some functionality between FBSD and Quagga  
> for
> certain routing functions.
>
> This is just attempting to get feedback here, knowing full well that
> this is not a Quagga list:
>
> - IPv6 addresses can't be assigned via Quagga to a NIC (Quagga issue  
> AFAICT)
> -'disc' interfaces can't be `created' via Quagga (Quagga issue AFAICT)
> - apparently, 'disc' interfaces can not be created via /etc/rc.conf
> - IPv4 addresses CAN be assigned to available NIC(s) via Quagga
> - loopback interfaces can NOT be created via Quagga, or via FreeBSD  
> boot
> procedure (other than lo0)
>
> Can anyone provide any feedback or procedural guidance on how I can  
> (for
> example):
>
> - ensure that lo1, lo2-lo14 are created at boot
> - ensure that disc0 is created at boot, with an assigned IPv4 and IPv6
> address

cloned_interfaces="lo1 lo2 lo3"
ifconfig_lo1="up"
ifconfig_lo2="up"
ifconfig_lo3="up"

Regards
Thomas