From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 22 10:41:14 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 87A1C16A41F; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:41:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from yar@comp.chem.msu.su) Received: from comp.chem.msu.su (comp.chem.msu.su [158.250.32.97]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDFA243D53; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:41:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from yar@comp.chem.msu.su) Received: from comp.chem.msu.su (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by comp.chem.msu.su (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j8MAf5uo015327; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:41:06 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from yar@comp.chem.msu.su) Received: (from yar@localhost) by comp.chem.msu.su (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j8MAf5V8015322; Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:41:05 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from yar) Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:41:05 +0400 From: Yar Tikhiy To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050922104104.GA13539@comp.chem.msu.su> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Subject: "ifconfig -vlandev" syntax X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:41:14 -0000 Hi folks, As our ifconfig(8) is growing more options for special interface types, inconsistencies sneak into their syntax. In particular, -vlandev takes a useless argument (vlan(4) cannot attach to more than one parent anyway) while, e.g., -carpdev doesn't need one. Personally, I like the latter since having to type unneeded words on the command line annoys me. Do you think that making -vlandev need no arguments in CURRENT would break many existing things? -- Yar