On Fri, Dec 09, 2022 at 09:32:13PM +0000, Jason McIntyre wrote: > hi. > > two points about the recent ability to use lladdr: > > - the example of "bridge0" made sense when bridge was regarded as a > separate entity and not integrated with ifconfig. plus a list of one > example looks rubbish. now that we have a second example (lladdr) and > bridge is not flagged as a special case, i think we can simply the > text and reduce it to two examples > > - i'm not sure about using "lladdr". although we use this term in > ifconfig(8), we explain it. and people may miss it if they are thinking > of mac address. i've attempted to both write the term fully as "link > layer local address" and add a "(MAC)". i suppose you could argue that > people who think of the term as "lladdr" might miss that (!) but i > don;t think that is a real worry. > > so here's my cut at tweaking... > jmc >
on the back of afresh's prioroty flip diff, here's a revision of my diff after some input from deraadt. it will need adjusting again if we flip priority... jmc Index: hostname.if.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/share/man/man5/hostname.if.5,v retrieving revision 1.80 diff -u -p -r1.80 hostname.if.5 --- hostname.if.5 5 Dec 2022 20:12:00 -0000 1.80 +++ hostname.if.5 12 Dec 2022 06:48:15 -0000 @@ -40,13 +40,16 @@ The .Nm hostname.*\& files contain information regarding the configuration of each network interface. -The interface can be referenced by name or lladdr, such as -.Pa hostname.fxp0 , -.Pa hostname.00:00:5e:00:53:af , -or -.Pa hostname.bridge0 . -One file should exist for each interface that is to be configured, -with priority given to configuration by interface name over lladdr. +Interfaces are referenced by name and number, +such as +.Dq hostname.fxp0 . +For some machines, +autoconfiguration makes this system inconsistent, +so interfaces can alternatively be referenced by +their link layer address (lladdr), +such as +.Dq hostname.00:00:5e:00:53:af . +Priority is given to configuration by interface name/number over lladdr. A configuration file is not needed for lo0. .Pp The configuration information is expressed in a line-by-line packed format
