From owner-cvs-all Sat Jun 17 14:23:36 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E21A37B63C; Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:23:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (localhost.transsys.com [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA05383; Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:23:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <200006172123.RAA05383@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Mike Smith Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Image-URL: http://www.transsys.com/louie/images/louie-mail.jpg From: "Louis A. Mamakos" Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys sockio.h src/sys/net if.c src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.8 ifconfig.c References: <200006171920.MAA01047@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:20:42 PDT." <200006171920.MAA01047@mass.osd.bsdi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:23:29 -0400 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG But how many new media-specific keywords can ifconfig withstand over time? I was only suggesting that there be one generic one; perhaps "lladdr" isn't the most mnemonic and something else is more suitable. louie > That's correct. And that's why if you're setting an ethernet address, > you should use 'ether', and if you're setting a FDDI MAC address you > should use 'fddi', and if you're setting an RS485 multidrop address you > should use eg. 'berknet' and so on. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message