Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 14:36:29 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys sockio.h src/sys/net if.c src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.8 ifconfig.c Message-ID: <200006172136.OAA01402@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:23:29 EDT." <200006172123.RAA05383@whizzo.transsys.com>
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> > But how many new media-specific keywords can ifconfig withstand over > time? As many as there are address families that require them. > I was only suggesting that there be one generic one; perhaps "lladdr" > isn't the most mnemonic and something else is more suitable. Why bother with a keyword at all? I mean, why bother distinguishing between "inet" and "ether"? (This is an illustrative question, and not meant to be taken literally.) -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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