From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 17 17:22:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 883B816A4CE; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:22:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net (sccrmhc12.comcast.net [204.127.202.56]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35D4843D2D; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:22:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from adam@migus.org) Received: from ganyopa.migus.org ([68.55.142.251]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with ESMTP id <20040418002210012001a1qve>; Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:22:10 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganyopa.migus.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 257634D469; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:50:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ganyopa.migus.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ganyopa.migus.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with ESMTP id 14335-07; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:50:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ganyopa.migus.org (Postfix, from userid 72) id 9C1574C1C4; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:50:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ludo.migus.org (ludo.migus.org [192.168.4.4]) by webservices.migus.org (IMP) with HTTP for ; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:50:38 -0400 Message-ID: <1082245838.4081c2ce9117a@webservices.migus.org> Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:50:38 -0400 From: "Adam C. Migus" To: Ruslan Ermilov References: <1082233506.408192a2c476a@webservices.migus.org> <20040417204536.GA85858@ip.net.ua> <1082235338.408199caed784@webservices.migus.org> <20040417230639.GA86698@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <20040417230639.GA86698@ip.net.ua> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.2 X-Originating-IP: 192.168.4.4 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at migus.org cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VLAN support in rcNG [PATCH] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:22:11 -0000 Quoting Ruslan Ermilov : > On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 04:55:38PM -0400, Adam C. Migus wrote: > > Quoting Ruslan Ermilov : > > > [...] > > > So, how your patch is different from the existing functionality? > > > > > Hmmm, well, it's not. In fact the code is almost a copy of the > cloned > > interfaces stuff. The thing is when you try to use the existing > cloned > > interfaces stuff to create a vlan interface, the lack of the _tag > and > > _dev stuff in combination with things like this: > > > > /etc/network.subr:318: _tmplist="${_tmplist} > ${cloned_interfaces}" > > > > creating vlans as cloned interfaces tends to be more of a crude > hack > > than an easy, one-step configuration. > > > > If you can show me how I can create a vlan, using the existing > stuff > > with the functionality I want (DHCP or static IP, etc.) without > writing > > any code beyond declarations in rc.conf, show me, otherwise I'm > > suggesting this patch as it makes it easy. > > > Hmm, I have this in my /etc/rc.conf: > > cloned_interfaces="vlan0" > ifconfig_vlan0="x.x.x.x/28 vlan 65 vlandev rl0 mtu 1500" > > and I'm pretty sure it works. ;) > > > Cheers, > -- > Ruslan Ermilov > ru@FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD committer > Yes, it does. Now try DHCP... -- Adam C. Migus -- http://people.migus.org/~adam/