Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 20:02:21 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: net@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org Subject: review request: creating cloneable interfaces at boot Message-ID: <20010913200221.A11788@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
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I'd like to commit something like the following patch to create clonable
interfaces at boot so they can be configured the normal way. Any one
have comments or suggestions?
-- Brooks
Index: etc/rc.network
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RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/etc/rc.network,v
retrieving revision 1.102
diff -u -r1.102 rc.network
--- etc/rc.network 30 Jul 2001 23:12:02 -0000 1.102
+++ etc/rc.network 14 Sep 2001 02:54:15 -0000
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
;;
esac
=20
+ # Attempt to create cloned interfaces.
+ for ifn in ${cloned_interfaces}; do
+ ifconfig ${ifn} create
+ done
+
# Special options for sppp(4) interfaces go here. These need
# to go _before_ the general ifconfig section, since in the case
# of hardwired (no link1 flag) but required authentication, you
@@ -151,6 +156,9 @@
[Aa][Uu][Tt][Oo])
network_interfaces=3D"`ifconfig -l`"
;;
+ *)
+ network_interfaces=3D"${network_interfaces} ${cloned_interfaces}"
+ ;;
esac
=20
dhcp_interfaces=3D""
@@ -796,7 +804,8 @@
continue
;;
*)
- ifconfig $i create tunnel ${peers}
+ ifconfig $i create >/dev/null 2>&1
+ ifconfig $i tunnel ${peers}
;;
esac
done
Index: etc/defaults/rc.conf
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RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf,v
retrieving revision 1.122
diff -u -r1.122 rc.conf
--- etc/defaults/rc.conf 2 Sep 2001 23:34:19 -0000 1.122
+++ etc/defaults/rc.conf 12 Sep 2001 20:54:50 -0000
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@
icmp_drop_redirect=3D"NO" # Set to YES to ignore ICMP REDIRECT packets
icmp_log_redirect=3D"NO" # Set to YES to log ICMP REDIRECT packets
network_interfaces=3D"auto" # List of network interfaces (or "auto").
+cloned_interfaces=3D"" # List of cloned network interfaces to create.
+#cloned_interfaces=3D"gif0" # Restore pre-cloning GENERIC config.
ifconfig_lo0=3D"inet 127.0.0.1" # default loopback device configuration.
#ifconfig_lo0_alias0=3D"inet 127.0.0.254 netmask 0xffffffff" # Sample alia=
s entry.
#ifconfig_ed0_ipx=3D"ipx 0x00010010" # Sample IPX address family entry.
Index: share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
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RCS file: /usr/cvs/src/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5,v
retrieving revision 1.133
diff -u -r1.133 rc.conf.5
--- share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 29 Aug 2001 05:39:06 -0000 1.133
+++ share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 14 Sep 2001 02:45:31 -0000
@@ -598,6 +598,14 @@
.Bd -literal
ifconfig_ed0=3D"DHCP"
.Ed
+.It Va cloned_interfaces
+.Pq Vt str
+Set to the list of clonable network interfaces to create on this host.
+Entries in
+.Va cloned_interfaces
+are automaticly appended to
+.Va network_interfaces
+for configuration.
.It Va ppp_enable
.Pq Vt bool
If set to
--=20
Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE.
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