Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:17:36 GMT From: Mark Felder <feld@feld.me> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/172787: FreeBSD 9.x broken alias syntax on vlan interfaces Message-ID: <201210161217.q9GCHae6016167@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201210161220.q9GCK0Gg058113@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 172787 >Category: misc >Synopsis: FreeBSD 9.x broken alias syntax on vlan interfaces >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 16 12:20:00 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mark Felder >Release: 9.0-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Old rc.conf syntax that seems to create all our interfaces but can't handle aliases: ifconfig_em0="UP" cloned_interfaces="vlan5" ifconfig_vlan5="inet 192.168.5.10/24 vlan 5 vlandev em0" # works ifconfig_vlan5_alias0="inet 192.168.5.11 alias" # does not work ifconfig_vlan5_alias1="inet 192.168.5.12 alias vlan 5 vlandev em0" # does not work ifconfig_vlan5_ipv6="inet6 2607:XXXX:100:111::18/64" # does not work (IP censored) Newer rc.conf syntax that does work: ifconfig_em0="UP" vlans_em0="vlan5" create_args_vlan5="vlan 5" ifconfig_vlan5="inet 192.168.5.10/24 vlan 5 vlandev em0" # works ifconfig_vlan5_alias0="inet 192.168.5.11 alias" # works ifconfig_vlan5_ipv6="inet6 2607:XXXX:100:111::18/64" # works (IP censored) ifconfig_vlan5_alias1="inet6 2607:XXXX:100:111::19/64" # also works Should the older syntax work at all? I believe it did somewhere on older releases but I can't be certain. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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