Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:37:06 -0600 From: Eric F Crist <ecrist@secure-computing.net> To: Gergely CZUCZY <phoemix@harmless.hu> Cc: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org, mtm@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, Soeren Straarup <xride@x12.dk> Subject: Re: Merging rc.d/network_ipv6 into rc.d/netif Message-ID: <ADDA5589-988D-451C-AF57-9F9DEFAF9612@secure-computing.net> In-Reply-To: <20071111175336.GA3345@harmless.hu> References: <20070329182906.GB38703@rogue.navcom.lan> <20070405154644.GB1844@rogue.navcom.lan> <20070517131713.GE3228@rogue.navcom.lan> <1194301190.75993.3.camel@terra> <54db43990711051446y6399b822p6ba9dbb86b65771b@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.0.99999.0711102213130.15336@qbhto.arg> <20071111180256.07c41270@x12.dk> <20071111175336.GA3345@harmless.hu>
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On Nov 11, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Gergely CZUCZY wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2007 at 06:02:56PM +0100, Soeren Straarup wrote: >> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:17:18 -0800 (PST) >> Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Bob Johnson wrote: >>> >>>> On 11/5/07, Mike Makonnen <mtm@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Most IP related knobs will have an ipv4_ and ipv6_ version. To >>>>> make the transition easier rc.subr(8) will "automagically" DTRT >>>>> for the following knobs: >>>>> gateway_enable => ipv4_gateway_enable >>>>> router_enable => ipv4_router_enable >>>>> router => ipv4_router >>>>> router_flags => ipv4_router_flags >>>>> defaultrouter => ipv4_defaultrouter >>>>> static_routes => ipv4_static_routes >>>>> static_routes_<IF> => ipv4_static_routes_<IF> >>>>> route_<XXX> => ipv4_route_<XXX> >>>>> dhclient_program => ipv4_dhclient_program >>>>> dhclient_flags => ipv4_dhclient_flags >>>>> dhclient_flags_<IF> => ipv4_dhclient_flags_<IF> >>>>> background_dhclient_<IF> => ipv4_background_dhclient_<IF> >>>>> >>>>> Please try it and let me know what you think. >>>> >>>> Personally, I'd prefer the new names be along the lines of >>>> ifconfig_<interface>_ipv4, ifconfig_<interface>_ipv6, >>>> defaultrouter_ipv4, defaultrouter_ipv6, dhclient_program_ipv4, >>>> dhclient_program_ipv6, etc. >>> >>> Personally I think that grouping things by ipv4/ipv6 makes more >>> sense, and has better longevity. >>> >>>> And this would be a good time to change defaultrouter to >>>> default_router! >>> >>> Or we could make it shorter and call it gateway. >> >> Well there is a difference between router and gateway. >> I think that gateway would be a better word since from my >> understanding that is what people use today. > +1 vote for the "gateway". I always wandered why it's called > "router", since "gateway" would be a more proper name for it. +1 vote for "gateway". ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks
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