Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-03 Thread Brooks Davis
On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 07:57:37AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Wednesday 03 June 2009 5:31:10 am Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote: > > John Baldwin writes: > > > [...] Given that, there really isn't a good reason to customize > > > network_interfaces anymore. > > > > Listing e.g. bge0 in network_i

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-03 Thread John Baldwin
On Wednesday 03 June 2009 5:31:10 am Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > John Baldwin writes: > > [...] Given that, there really isn't a good reason to customize > > network_interfaces anymore. > > Listing e.g. bge0 in network_interfaces will (indirectly) cause if_bge > to be loaded if it wasn't alread

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-03 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
John Baldwin writes: > [...] Given that, there really isn't a good reason to customize > network_interfaces anymore. Listing e.g. bge0 in network_interfaces will (indirectly) cause if_bge to be loaded if it wasn't already. If network_interfaces is left blank, only interfaces that already have a

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-02 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday 02 June 2009 3:22:23 pm Doug Barton wrote: > John Baldwin wrote: > > I think more specifically, if you don't set 'ifconfig_' to "DHCP", then > > when you plug a device in, nothing happens. > > That's actually not correct, as devd will try to dhcp an interface as > soon as it comes u

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-02 Thread Doug Barton
John Baldwin wrote: > I think more specifically, if you don't set 'ifconfig_' to "DHCP", then > when you plug a device in, nothing happens. That's actually not correct, as devd will try to dhcp an interface as soon as it comes up. > DHCP is opt-in, not > opt-out. The only reason one would wa

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-02 Thread John Baldwin
On Tuesday 02 June 2009 12:50:21 pm Brooks Davis wrote: > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 04:45:31PM +0100, Bruce Simpson wrote: > > Brooks Davis wrote: > >> ... > >>> On boot time I instantiate a tap0 instance from cloned_interfaces=".." in > >>> /etc/rc.conf, and then use ifconfig_tap0="..." to clone t

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-02 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 04:45:31PM +0100, Bruce Simpson wrote: > Brooks Davis wrote: >> ... >>> On boot time I instantiate a tap0 instance from cloned_interfaces=".." in >>> /etc/rc.conf, and then use ifconfig_tap0="..." to clone the MAC address >>> on the tap instance from the internal Ethernet

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-02 Thread Bruce Simpson
Brooks Davis wrote: ... On boot time I instantiate a tap0 instance from cloned_interfaces=".." in /etc/rc.conf, and then use ifconfig_tap0="..." to clone the MAC address on the tap instance from the internal Ethernet port, as there is no other way of uniquely identifying the client for an auto

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-02 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 04:34:07PM +0100, Bruce Simpson wrote: > Brooks Davis wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 03:34:12PM +0100, Bruce Simpson wrote: >> >>> Doug Barton wrote: >>> Log: Eliminate the warning that "Values of network_interfaces other than AUTO are deprecate

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-02 Thread Bruce Simpson
Brooks Davis wrote: On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 03:34:12PM +0100, Bruce Simpson wrote: Doug Barton wrote: Log: Eliminate the warning that "Values of network_interfaces other than AUTO are deprecated.' There is no good reason to deprecate them, and setting this to different values can

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-02 Thread Brooks Davis
On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 03:34:12PM +0100, Bruce Simpson wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: >> Log: >> Eliminate the warning that "Values of network_interfaces other than >> AUTO are deprecated.' There is no good reason to deprecate them, and >> setting this to different values can be useful for cust

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-02 Thread Brooks Davis
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 12:21:49AM -0700, Brian Somers wrote: > On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:34:12 +0100 Bruce Simpson wrote: > > Doug Barton wrote: > > > Log: > > > Eliminate the warning that "Values of network_interfaces other than > > > AUTO are deprecated.' There is no good reason to deprecate t

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-02 Thread Brian Somers
On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:34:12 +0100 Bruce Simpson wrote: > Doug Barton wrote: > > Log: > > Eliminate the warning that "Values of network_interfaces other than > > AUTO are deprecated.' There is no good reason to deprecate them, and > > setting this to different values can be useful for custom

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-01 Thread Doug Barton
Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, Doug Barton wrote: > >> Author: dougb >> Date: Mon Jun 1 05:37:13 2009 >> New Revision: 193199 >> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/193199 >> >> Log: >> Eliminate the warning that "Values of network_interfaces other than >> AUTO are deprecate

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-06-01 Thread Bruce Simpson
Doug Barton wrote: Log: Eliminate the warning that "Values of network_interfaces other than AUTO are deprecated.' There is no good reason to deprecate them, and setting this to different values can be useful for custom solutions and/or one-off configuration problems. Thanks, I wasn't

Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-05-31 Thread Bjoern A. Zeeb
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, Doug Barton wrote: Author: dougb Date: Mon Jun 1 05:37:13 2009 New Revision: 193199 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/193199 Log: Eliminate the warning that "Values of network_interfaces other than AUTO are deprecated.' There is no good reason to deprecate them,

svn commit: r193199 - head/etc

2009-05-31 Thread Doug Barton
Author: dougb Date: Mon Jun 1 05:37:13 2009 New Revision: 193199 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/193199 Log: Eliminate the warning that "Values of network_interfaces other than AUTO are deprecated.' There is no good reason to deprecate them, and setting this to different values c