Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:18:00 +0900 (JST) From: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> To: erdgeist@erdgeist.org Cc: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Proposal ipv6_addrs_common Message-ID: <20120206.101800.1389796154758679137.hrs@allbsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4F2F209F.90309@erdgeist.org> References: <4F28B9D7.4010602@erdgeist.org> <4F2F209F.90309@erdgeist.org>
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----Security_Multipart(Mon_Feb__6_10_18_00_2012_289)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dirk Engling <erdgeist@erdgeist.org> wrote in <4F2F209F.90309@erdgeist.org>: er> On 01.02.12 05:04, Dirk Engling wrote: er> er> > The attached network6.subr is a shell script demonstrating the er> > ipv6_addrs_common function inside, for playing around one can use some er> > of the values the supplied get_if_var dummy function returns. er> er> Following up my shell script I patched my /etc/network.subr to properly er> work with the ipv6_addrs_IF variables while also removing some bugs in er> the interface configuration code. ipv4_addrs_common also has been er> patched to handle ranges in all octets. er> er> The patch at er> er> http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/network.subr_9.0.diff er> er> has been tested on my FreeBSD 9.0, fixing some bugs introduced in the er> rewrite of ifalias_up/ifalias_down for 9.0, as well. er> er> I also have back ported the code to work under FreeBSD 8.2, the patch er> against my 8.2-RELEASE's /etc/network.subr can be found here: er> er> http://erdgeist.org/arts/software/network.subr_8.2.diff I also looked into an ipv6 counterpart of the ipv4_addrs_common, and your patch looks good, but I am a bit concerned about adding another independent knob to configure IPv6 addresses to rc.conf. I feel this range specification can be integrated into ifconfig_IF_aliasN and it will be simpler than adding another knob. What do you think about it? -- Hiroki ----Security_Multipart(Mon_Feb__6_10_18_00_2012_289)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAk8vKkgACgkQTyzT2CeTzy0/XACeKixaxXGyN19ev72N2Yi3TsDC newAoJKI9Q+LeeY7HxOitle9mDi4iS+A =0JYX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Mon_Feb__6_10_18_00_2012_289)----
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