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Date:      Tue, 2 Jun 2009 10:37:19 -0500
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Bruce Simpson <bms@incunabulum.net>
Cc:        svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc
Message-ID:  <20090602153719.GD14685@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
In-Reply-To: <4A25466F.40504@incunabulum.net>
References:  <200906010537.n515bDou065357@svn.freebsd.org> <4A23E6E4.7020506@incunabulum.net> <20090602152741.GB14685@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <4A25466F.40504@incunabulum.net>

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On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 04:34:07PM +0100, Bruce Simpson wrote:
> Brooks Davis wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 01, 2009 at 03:34:12PM +0100, Bruce Simpson wrote:
>>  =20
>>> Doug Barton wrote:
>>>    =20
>>>> Log:
>>>>   Eliminate the warning that "Values of network_interfaces other than
>>>>   AUTO are deprecated.' There is no good reason to deprecate them, and
>>>>   setting this to different values can be useful for custom solutions
>>>>   and/or one-off configuration problems.
>>>>        =20
>>> Thanks, I wasn't sure what the alternative to this functionality was=20
>>> going to be, and was relying on this mechanism for a product.
>>>    =20
>>=20
>> Could you please say what you are actually doing?
>>  =20
>=20
> On boot time I instantiate a tap0 instance from cloned_interfaces=3D".." =
in=20
> /etc/rc.conf, and then use ifconfig_tap0=3D"..." to clone the MAC address=
 on=20
> the tap instance from the internal Ethernet port, as there is no other wa=
y=20
> of uniquely identifying the client for an automated bootstrap.
>=20
> This happens from within a flash image.

I see nothing related to network_interfaces here...

-- Brooks

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