conf/102502: ifconfig name does't rename netgraph node

[Gleb Smirnoff]

The following reply was made to PR conf/102502; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius at FreeBSD.org>
To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru at FreeBSD.org>
Cc: Aleksey Shirokih <a at olc.ru>, bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: conf/102502: ifconfig name does't rename netgraph node
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:28:18 +0400

 On Sat, Aug 26, 2006 at 06:26:25PM +0400, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
 R> > >Number:         102502
 R> > >Category:       conf
 R> > >Synopsis:       ifconfig name does't rename netgraph node
 R> > 
 R> ng_ether(4) creates all nodes when it's loaded, or when a new
 R> interface is attached, and it *attempts* to name a node with
 R> its interface's name.  This is not guaranteed though.
 R> 
 R> If you need to rename interfaces, you can load ng_ether module
 R> *after* doing the renames.  It's not ideal, e.g., it'll still
 R> require manual intervention if a new interface is plugged, but
 R> I don't think that automatic renaming of nodes should happen,
 R> unconditionally.
 
 I doubt that the problem shouldn't be fixed.
 
 And this is a duplicate of kern/92270.
 
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