[CFR] rc.conf interface description

[Alexander V. Chernikov]

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Hiroki Sato wrote:
> Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet at gmail.com> wrote
>   in <BANLkTikfoQtgVv2Vnkg6Fn4kq68qjqpWRw at mail.gmail.com>:
> 
> pl> Hello.
> pl>
> pl> Some time ago there was a discussion about ifconfig descr integration
> pl> into rc. That means you can store interface descriptions in rc.conf file,
> pl> so that the descriptions survive between system reboots. To achieve it,
> pl> you need to place one-line option into rc.conf, e.g. like this:
> pl> ifconfig_em0_descr="Uplink to Gigabit Switch 1", or
> pl> ifconfig_vlan8_descr="description '1 2 3' vlan 255 vlandev IFACE"
> pl>
> pl> so after reboot or manual `rc.d/netif restart $iface` invocation, you''ll see
> pl> something like this:
> pl> vlan8: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
> pl>         description: description '1 2 3' vlan 255 vlandev IFACE
> pl> [...]
> pl> And rc.d/netif stop $iface removes description from a network interface.
> pl>
> pl> You can see the previous discussion in -current@ and -rc@ mail archives:
> pl> http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-current@freebsd.org/msg124513.html
> pl> However, that time it went nowhere due to luck of time/interest.
> pl>
> pl> Recently I learned that this patch is actually used.
> pl> I was requested to integrate it into the head.
> pl> I'd like to collect your opinions/objections/thoughts to ensure whether
> pl> there are might be issues preventing from committing it.
> 
>  I have no strong objection but I am still wondering if we really need
>  to have the dedicated variable for ifconfig descr.  Is simply
>  specifying ifconfig_IF="descr FOO" not enough?

Unfortunately it is not. You can't (easily) set interface description
like 'FOO BAR' via ifconfig_IF. Please see conf/156675 for a bit longer
desciption.

> 
> -- Hiroki

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