Looking at implementing this so my vkernels can be configured via dhcp without trusting the vkernel's dhcp client to give the correct hostname option..
Should be pretty straightforward, but 2 questions (at least) come to mind: 1) What should the syntax be? Thinking just allowing an ethernet address in place of the IP address, e.g. auto:bridge0:001122334455 or perhaps auto:bridge0:0x001122334455 .. Existing use of ':' prevents 'standard' ':' notation .. This also prevents assigning an ethernet address and a IP address at the same time. unless something like: auto:bridge0:10.10.10.1.001122334455 is permitted, and the parsing counts the dots between the ':' characters before passing along Suggestions welcome.. 2) The `link_addr` manual page notes that this function has been depreciated in favor of addr2ascii, yet ifconfig itself uses link_addr instead of addr2ascii. Which form is 'correct' and should be used? Thanks, - Chris
