At 10:37 AM -0800 11/19/02, Brooks Davis wrote:
Once the if_xname patch is in, it will be exceedingly simple to add some
code to ether_ifattach to do that if you really want.
Well, _I_ really want FreeBSD to move in the direction of "plug and play";
this is merely one small contribution. That said, I have some questions
about your suggestion:
* Would it handle non-Ethernet network interfaces? If not, perhaps it's
not at the right level of generality.
* Would your change be smaller (or better in some other way) than the
half-dozen lines of code Ren� has proposed?
* What is the timing on the if_xname patch? Is it imminent or merely
"in the works"? Can you provide a URL (or an explanation) of what
this patch is intended to do?
-r
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