Re: auto-definition of a single network interface

2002-11-19 Thread Rich Morin
At 11:39 PM -0800 11/18/02, Doug Barton wrote: Pardon me if I'm being dense, but I don't understand what your proposal does that the existing interface config tools do not. Well, it's quite possible that I am replicating some existing feature; feel free to clue me in if this is the case. Can

Re: auto-definition of a single network interface

2002-11-19 Thread Terry Lambert
Doug Barton wrote: Pardon me if I'm being dense, but I don't understand what your proposal does that the existing interface config tools do not. Can you give a description (not code) of what you're trying to accomplish? He wants it to just work with an unknown card. FreeBSD does not name

Report from EuroBSDCon 2002

2002-11-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
I arrived in Shipol airport thursday evening, 4 minutes after the Hotel shuttle bus left, the next one was in an hour so I took a cab to the Hotel instead. I wonder if cabdrivers have their own representation in the UN ? They seem to always be aliens, no matter what country you are in. A bunch

Re: Report from EuroBSDCon 2002

2002-11-19 Thread Luigi Rizzo
Very nice report, thanks :) just wanted to mention that i am totally unrelated to the Torino crew (at least, as far as i can tell... unless there was some former student of mine!) and the credit for the cool stuff they did is entirely to them. cheers luigi On Tue, Nov 19, 2002

Re: Report from EuroBSDCon 2002

2002-11-19 Thread Poul-Henning Kamp
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Luigi Rizzo writes: Very nice report, thanks :) just wanted to mention that i am totally unrelated to the Torino crew (at least, as far as i can tell... unless there was some former student of mine!) and the credit for the cool stuff they did is entirely to them.

Re: auto-definition of a single network interface

2002-11-19 Thread René Scharfe
On Tuesday 19 November 2002 05:20, Rich Morin wrote: network_interfaces=SINGLE ifconfig_single= inet 192.168.254.193 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig_single_alias0=inet 192.168.254.199 netmask 255.255.255.255 OK, perhaps this can be made even simpler. Put this into your

Re: Report from EuroBSDCon 2002

2002-11-19 Thread Marco Molteni
On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Poul-Henning Kamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Luigi Rizzo writes: Very nice report, thanks :) just wanted to mention that i am totally unrelated to the Torino crew (at least, as far as i can tell... unless there was some former student of

Re: auto-definition of a single network interface

2002-11-19 Thread Rich Morin
At 3:17 PM +0100 11/19/02, René Scharfe wrote: OK, perhaps this can be made even simpler. Put this into your /etc/rc.conf and be done: # a hack to ease the configuration of machines with only one NIC _single=`ifconfig -l link` eval ifconfig_${_single}=inet 192.168.254.193 netmask

if_ti DEVICE_POLLING patch (Was: Re: [hackers] Re: Netgraph couldbe a router also)

2002-11-19 Thread Hiten Pandya
: We're definately livelocking with the fxps. I'd be interested in your : patches for the GigE drivers. [ CC list trimmed ] The if_ti patches to add polling support are: http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=407328+0+archive/2002/freebsd-net/20021013.freebsd-net Just wondering, if it

Re: auto-definition of a single network interface

2002-11-19 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 12:27:33AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote: Doug Barton wrote: Pardon me if I'm being dense, but I don't understand what your proposal does that the existing interface config tools do not. Can you give a description (not code) of what you're trying to accomplish? He

Re: finding unmatched quotes in shell scripts

2002-11-19 Thread Wes Peters
Greg Black wrote: Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: | I've tried a number of syntax-colouring editors, to no avail. The quotes | (single, double, and back) *are* balanced, according to everything I've | thrown the script at. That's why I'm more interested in something that | can actually parse

Re: auto-definition of a single network interface

2002-11-19 Thread Rich Morin
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

Steve Quits Smoking!

2002-11-19 Thread Ramshur
Hello- This Thursday is the Great American Smokeout, and after 20 years, I am finally quitting smoking. I will be keeping a daily weblog of the up and downs, the trials and tribulations, how I'm doing it, why I'm doing it, etc. You can view it at: http://stevequits.webhop.net If you have any

Re: finding unmatched quotes in shell scripts

2002-11-19 Thread Greg Black
Wes Peters wrote: | Greg Black wrote: | | Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: | | | I've tried a number of syntax-colouring editors, to no avail. The quotes | | (single, double, and back) *are* balanced, according to everything I've | | thrown the script at. That's why I'm more interested in

Re: [brooks@one-eyed-alien.net: [PATCH] switching to if_xname]

2002-11-19 Thread Brooks Davis
On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 10:54:23AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: I'm trying to get some review for the following patch. I realize it's quite large, but most it is is trivial. The ipfw code is the only thing that worries me significantly. I have promised Kris that I will fix ports that break

Re: [brooks@one-eyed-alien.net: [PATCH] switching to if_xname]

2002-11-19 Thread Julian Elischer
why is this ent to hackers? it's a -current patch.. should it not be sent to -current or -net? FWIW I see no huge problems.. as you say, it's mechanical changes mostly. On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Brooks Davis wrote: On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 10:54:23AM -0800, Brooks Davis wrote: I'm trying to get

Re: auto-definition of a single network interface

2002-11-19 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 11:24:10AM -0800, Rich Morin wrote: 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

Re: [brooks@one-eyed-alien.net: [PATCH] switching to if_xname]

2002-11-19 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 01:06:28PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: why is this ent to hackers? it's a -current patch.. should it not be sent to -current or -net? I initialy asked for review on -net, but didn't get any response. I sort of randomly chose as the place to try for wider review. IMO,

Re: Steve Quits Smoking!

2002-11-19 Thread Nate Lawson
HEAD is frozen for the first time in years... Trolls and spammers are on the rise... Looks like he picked the wrong week to stop smoking. -Nate On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Ramshur wrote: Hello- This Thursday is the Great American Smokeout, and after 20 years, I am finally quitting smoking. I

Re: if_ti DEVICE_POLLING patch (Was: Re: [hackers] Re: Netgraph couldbe a router also)

2002-11-19 Thread Terry Lambert
Hiten Pandya wrote: : We're definately livelocking with the fxps. I'd be interested in your : patches for the GigE drivers. [ CC list trimmed ] The if_ti patches to add polling support are:

Re: [brooks@one-eyed-alien.net: [PATCH] switching to if_xname]

2002-11-19 Thread Terry Lambert
Brooks Davis wrote: On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 01:06:28PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: why is this ent to hackers? it's a -current patch.. should it not be sent to -current or -net? I initialy asked for review on -net, but didn't get any response. I sort of randomly chose as the place to

Playing with Current.

2002-11-19 Thread Ryan Sommers
First off I wasn't sure which list to send this to: current, hackers or questions; so if this is the wrong destination my apologies. Anyway, last year, after years of using Linux, I fell in love with the FreeBSD project. Now, I've had the desire offer my time and energy to help development. My

Re: Arp and Route Commands

2002-11-19 Thread Wes Peters
Karl Timmermann wrote: Hello, I'm new to the list and was hoping maybe someone could help me. These commands work in Linux (and in this order), but not in FreeBSD/Mac OS X as the arp and route commands are different: arp -s 10.10.10.0 00:00:ca:13:4b:54 -i eth1 arp -s 10.10.10.0

Re: auto-definition of a single network interface

2002-11-19 Thread M. Warner Losh
Has anybody considered that devd might be the ideal vehicle for doing something like this? Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-hackers in the body of the message

Re: if_ti DEVICE_POLLING patch (Was: Re: [hackers] Re: Netgraph couldbe a router also)

2002-11-19 Thread Hiten Pandya
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 02:32:00PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote the words in effect of: I asked that someone with an if_ti test it first, and report back to me. As far as I know, no one has tested it yet, or if they have, they're not talking. I don't personally own an if_ti at this point.

Re: if_ti DEVICE_POLLING patch (Was: Re: [hackers] Re: Netgraph couldbe a router also)

2002-11-19 Thread Terry Lambert
Hiten Pandya wrote: On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 02:32:00PM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote the words in effect of: I asked that someone with an if_ti test it first, and report back to me. As far as I know, no one has tested it yet, or if they have, they're not talking. I don't personally own an