The branch main has been updated by glebius: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=1c5021f5251b231b614ad9cd175bcb4250495c12
commit 1c5021f5251b231b614ad9cd175bcb4250495c12 Author: Gleb Smirnoff <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2025-12-15 20:51:47 +0000 Commit: Gleb Smirnoff <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2025-12-15 21:17:23 +0000 ifconfig: print warning and return success on ipfw0, ipfwlog0 cloning This should provide people a chance to remove ipfw0 and ipfwlog0 from cloned_interfaces in their rc.conf during FreeBSD 16.x lifetime. Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53876 --- sbin/ifconfig/ifclone.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifclone.c b/sbin/ifconfig/ifclone.c index f44d052c97ad..8941d17ad205 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifclone.c +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifclone.c @@ -117,6 +117,15 @@ ifclonecreate(if_ctx *ctx, void *arg __unused) { struct ifreq ifr = {}; struct clone_defcb *dcp; + u_int u; + + /* Warning to be removed in FreeBSD 17.0 */ + if (sscanf(ctx->ifname, "ipfw%u", &u) == 1 || + sscanf(ctx->ifname, "ipfwlog%u", &u) == 1) { + warnx("ipfw(4) logging does not need interface creation " + "in FreeBSD 16.0"); + return; + } strlcpy(ifr.ifr_name, ctx->ifname, sizeof(ifr.ifr_name));
