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Date:      Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:46:33 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Richard Tector <richardtector@thekeelecentre.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Automatic VLANS
Message-ID:  <20060424164633.GA11053@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <444CB489.30802@thekeelecentre.com>
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On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 12:20:41PM +0100, Richard Tector wrote:
> Brooks Davis wrote:
> >On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 03:20:02AM +0100, Richard Tector wrote:
> > =20
> >>Is it possible to use this method through rc or must I stick with creat=
ing
> >>vlan1, vlan2, vlan3, etc and setting the vlanid and vlandev since my=20
> >>attmpts
> >>have yielded no success.
> >>
> >>Eg.
> >>rc.conf:
> >>ifconfig_em0=3D"up vlanhwtag vlanmtu"
> >>ifconfig_em0.100=3D"inet 10.1.2.3/24"
> >>   =20
> >
> >Periods aren't valid in shell variable names so this won't work.  Hense
> >the error message below.
> >
> > =20
> >>goliath# /etc/rc.d/netif start
> >>/etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_em0.100=3Dinet 10.1.2.3/24: not found
> >>lo0: flags=3D8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
> >>....
> >>
> >>and the interface is never created, with or without:
> >>cloned_interfaces=3D"em0.100"
> >>   =20
> >
> >The cloned_interfaces entry is absolutly required.
> > =20
> Fair enough.
>=20
> I noticed you made a way to use the automatic vlan method in rev 1.169=20
> of network.subr. Are there any plans to MFC this to RELENG_6? It's a=20
> useful ability to have and makes creating vlans at startup much simpler=
=20
> and cleaner.

Yes, after 6.1 ships.  It's way to late to be mucking around in the
interface config scripts for 6.1-RELEASE.

-- Brooks

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