ifconfig gif0 and rc.conf [was: Re: IP packet with options]

[Malcolm Clarke]

Dear Kevin

Many thanks.

Maybe this can make it to the next release to fill a gap.

Regards

Malcolm


Kevin Downey wrote:

>On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 5:35 AM, Malcolm Clarke
><malcolm.clarke at brunel.ac.uk> wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi
>>
>> Does anyone know the IPv6 vesion of the command that would be of the form
>>
>> gifconfig_gif0="fec0::1 fec0::2"
>>
>> that would set up the two physical ends of a tunnel?
>>
>> Sadly the above does not works as it does not recognise the IPv6 address
>> as there is no
>>
>> ipv6_gifconfig_gif0="fec0::1 fec0::2"
>>
>> to correspond to the command
>>
>> ifconfig gif0 inet6 tunnel src-addr dst_addr
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Malcolm
>>
>>    
>>
>
>sorry for the duplicate mail Malcolm, forgot to reply to the list as well.
>
>the attached patch should let use the inet6 keyword.
>example:
>
>gifconfig_gif0="inet6 fec0::1 fec0::2"
>
>
>
>
>
>
>--- /etc/network.subr	2008-03-23 09:50:35.000000000 -0700
>+++ /tmp/network.subr	2008-03-23 10:06:51.000000000 -0700
>@@ -470,7 +470,6 @@
> 		fi
> 	done
> }
>-
> gif_up() {
> 	# The following must be removed once RELENG_7 is branched.
> 	case ${gif_interfaces} in
>@@ -486,6 +485,11 @@
> 		'')
> 			continue
> 			;;
>+		*inet6*)
>+			ifconfig $i create >/dev/null 2>&1
>+			ifconfig $i inet6 tunnel `echo ${peers} | cut -d \  -f 2-`
>+			ifconfig $i up
>+			;;
> 		*)
> 			ifconfig $i create >/dev/null 2>&1
> 			ifconfig $i tunnel ${peers}
>
>  
>