> I think Solaris (?) requires you to do this, it's called "plumbing > your interfaces" or something (according to Julian).
Solaris requires "interface plumbing" as the result of STREAMS; you have to push IP on top of the interface driver. For all intents and purposes, the device name identifies a particular driver (i.e. "le", "qe", "hme", "fa", &c). The number identifies an instance of the device which depends on probe order. [*] Fortunately, the BSD world avoided this particular form of brain damage, thank <insert deity name here>! OTOH, as ph--ked as STREAMS happens to be, it does have a certain appeal wrt dynamically building and tearing down network stacks. The AT&T model just didn't have IP in mind when it was designed. -scooter [*] I'd written a hacked version of ifconfig based on the output of 'truss' and managed to get it right in a limited way, as in ifconfig only plumbs IP on top of devices. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
