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 From : Valentin Davydov                     2:5020/400     07 Feb 2004  08:45:11
 To : Slawa Olhovchenkov
 Subject : Re: 5.x news
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 >   From: Slawa Olhovchenkov
 >          <Slawa.Olhovchenkov@f500.n5030.z2.fidonet.org>
 >   Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 22:23:16 +0300
 >
 >> brooks      2004/02/03 18:55:46 PST
 >>
 >>   FreeBSD src repository
 >>
 >>   Modified files:
 >>     sbin/ifconfig        ifconfig.8 ifconfig.c
 >>   Log:
 >>   Add ifconfig support for network interface renaming.  In the process,
 >>   reorganize the printing of the interface name when using wildcard
 >>   cloning so it is not printed if it we either immediately rename or
 >>   destroy the interface.
 >
 >This means you can give an interface any name up to 15 characters
 >(IFNAMSIZ-1) with a command like:
 >
 >ifconfig xl0 name wired
 >
 >I've been using this one in /etc/rc.early on my laptop to test the
 >renaming code.  You can rename an interface at any time, but there
 >are likely to be edge cases in userland programs that don't like the
 >interface name changing under them.  In most cases, this is a bug in the
 >program.
 >
 >There are also programs that assume interface names are fairly short
 >(4-5 characters including the unit).  Nothing has been done to address
 >this issue.
 >
 >Please report edge cases to me and the -net list.
 
 Гы. Мы тут как раз вчера на одном линуксовом роутере сетевуху сменили
 (ISA на PCI), ну и у него, натурально, нумера ethN съехали. Дык проще
 оказалось кабеля переткнуть, чем по конфигам лазать. Заработало тут же ;-)
 
 Вал. Дав.
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Тема:    Автор:    Дата:    5.x news   Slawa Olhovchenkov   05 Feb 2004 23:23:16   Re: 5.x news   Valentin Davydov   07 Feb 2004 08:45:11