Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 20:29:17 -0400 From: "Adam C. Migus" <adam@migus.org> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VLAN support in rcNG [PATCH] Message-ID: <1082248157.4081cbdd49ec5@webservices.migus.org> In-Reply-To: <20040417201913.P34536@sasami.jurai.net> References: <1082233506.408192a2c476a@webservices.migus.org> <20040417235302.GC3534@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <20040417201913.P34536@sasami.jurai.net>
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Quoting "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>: > On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Brooks Davis wrote: > > It works by doing a major overhaul of the device cloning support so > you > > can create interfaces of the form <etherif>.<vlantag> and get an > vlan > > interface with the appropriate parent and tag. > > Please make this behavior optional. > > I have to deal with this silliness under linux and it makes me want > to > tear my hair out. > > -- > 10 40 80 C0 00 FF FF FF FF C0 00 00 00 00 10 AA AA 03 00 00 00 08 00 > > Not sure I understand what you mean by make it optional and silliness under Linux. The behavior is pretty well defined under Linux and here it sounds like you either you create an interface as "<name>.<tag>" or "<name>". Granted under Linux saying "<name>.<tag>" wouldn't make it a vlan unless you say "VLAN=yes"... -- Adam C. Migus -- http://people.migus.org/~adam/
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