Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 12:07:27 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.gmd.de> Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interface creation notification Message-ID: <20020118120727.A12660@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20020118103502.J97177-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de> References: <20020118110956.C1997@sunbay.com> <20020118103502.J97177-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de>
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On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 10:41:58AM +0100, Harti Brandt wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > RE>On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 06:58:26PM +0100, Harti Brandt wrote: > RE>> > RE>> Hi, > RE>> > RE>> how is a daemon supposed to get informed that a network interface has been > RE>> created? I had hoped, that an RTM_IFINFO message would be created on the > RE>> routing socket, but this is not the case. If an interface is destroyed, > RE>> the routing socket gets a message for whatever reason. Wouldn't it be > RE>> simple to just create an RTM_IFINFO message? > RE>> > RE>It does get created (you can check with the ``route -vn monitor'' command), > RE>but please see PR kern/33747 for one small pitfall. > > That's exactly what I did, but it doesn't work. The only places, that I > can find when rt_ifmsg is called are: > > - interface goes up (if_route) > - interface goes down (if_unroute) > - change MTU (if_hwioctl) > - prom. mode (ifpromisc) > - allmulti (if_allmulti) > > No one seems to call it when I just create an interface. The RTM_IFINFO > when I delete it probably comes from the if_unroute. The RTM_IFINFO you > see for an ifconfig gif0 create is probably a side effect of setting the > MTU or so. > > I think it would make sense to do an rt_ifmsg somehere in > if_attach/if_detach. > OK, I will send a patch within an hour or so. NetBSD already has something to address this. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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