Re: [RFC] ifconfig: match by link-level address

From: Alex Semenyaka (flist_at_jabberwock.rinet.ru)
Date: 05/21/04

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    Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 17:35:30 +0400
To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>

    On Thu, May 20, 2004 at 10:18:38AM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote:
    >> This could be the first step towards teaching rc.conf about something like
    >> network_interfaces_rename="hw-00:03:0d:08:dc:a7 sis0int"
    > I don't really like the idea of adding magic values to the interface
    > namespace that only work with ifconfig. If you want ifconfig to match

    I agree, but there is another option: make such things not ifconfig-specific.
    I mean that it could be done though renaming the interface into the some
    lladdr-dependent name with fixed format. For example,

    ifconfig fxp0 llname

    will rename fxp0 into hw-00-90-27-35-ca-0c. As far as we know the format and
    MAC-address we could then do

    ifconfig hw-00-90-27-35-ca-0c name pppoeint

    This could be implemented easely right now and then automated though /etc/rc*

    Actually the discussing feature is long time expected one, so it would be nice
    to have it implemented finally :)

    Sincerely,
    Alex Semenyaka
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