[cc'ing current@ as rc@ looks too quite]
Hi.
Since ifconfig has grown to label interfaces with
ifconfig $ifname description "foobar", what about
to give it more life and store i/face descriptions
semi-permanently, so they will survive between reboots?
This patch adds a functionality to rc.d to label
interfaces at boot time.
Comments are welcome.
%%%
Index: etc/rc.d/netif
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/netif (revision 211280)
+++ etc/rc.d/netif (working copy)
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
# Rename interfaces.
ifnet_rename
+
+ # Give description to interfaces.
+ ifnet_descr
fi
# Configure the interface(s).
Index: etc/network.subr
===================================================================
--- etc/network.subr (revision 211280)
+++ etc/network.subr (working copy)
@@ -1187,6 +1187,24 @@
return 0
}
+# ifnet_descr
+# Add description to all requested interfaces.
+#
+ifnet_descr()
+{
+ local _if _ifdescr
+
+ # ifconfig_IF_descr
+ for _if in `ifconfig -l`; do
+ _ifdescr="`get_if_var $_if ifconfig_IF_descr`"
+ if [ ! -z "$_ifdescr" ]; then
+ ifconfig $_if descr "$_ifdescr"
+ fi
+ done
+
+ return 0
+}
+
# list_net_interfaces type
# List all network interfaces. The type of interface returned
# can be controlled by the type argument. The type
Index: etc/defaults/rc.conf
===================================================================
--- etc/defaults/rc.conf (revision 211280)
+++ etc/defaults/rc.conf (working copy)
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
#ifconfig_ed0_ipv6="inet6 2001:db8:1::1 prefixlen 64" # Sample IPv6 addr entry
#ifconfig_ed0_alias0="inet6 2001:db8:2::1 prefixlen 64" # Sample IPv6 alias
#ifconfig_fxp0_name="net0" # Change interface name from fxp0 to net0.
+#ifconfig_fxp0_descr="Uplink to Gigabit Switch 2" # Label fxp0 interface
#vlans_fxp0="101 vlan0" # vlan(4) interfaces for fxp0 device
#create_arg_vlan0="vlan 102" # vlan tag for vlan0 device
#wlans_ath0="wlan0" # wlan(4) interfaces for ath0 device
%%%
--
wbr,
pluknet
Index: etc/rc.d/netif
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/netif (revision 211280)
+++ etc/rc.d/netif (working copy)
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
# Rename interfaces.
ifnet_rename
+
+ # Give description to interfaces.
+ ifnet_descr
fi
# Configure the interface(s).
Index: etc/network.subr
===================================================================
--- etc/network.subr (revision 211280)
+++ etc/network.subr (working copy)
@@ -1187,6 +1187,24 @@
return 0
}
+# ifnet_descr
+# Add description to all requested interfaces.
+#
+ifnet_descr()
+{
+ local _if _ifdescr
+
+ # ifconfig_IF_descr
+ for _if in `ifconfig -l`; do
+ _ifdescr="`get_if_var $_if ifconfig_IF_descr`"
+ if [ ! -z "$_ifdescr" ]; then
+ ifconfig $_if descr "$_ifdescr"
+ fi
+ done
+
+ return 0
+}
+
# list_net_interfaces type
# List all network interfaces. The type of interface returned
# can be controlled by the type argument. The type
Index: etc/defaults/rc.conf
===================================================================
--- etc/defaults/rc.conf (revision 211280)
+++ etc/defaults/rc.conf (working copy)
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@
#ifconfig_ed0_ipv6="inet6 2001:db8:1::1 prefixlen 64" # Sample IPv6 addr entry
#ifconfig_ed0_alias0="inet6 2001:db8:2::1 prefixlen 64" # Sample IPv6 alias
#ifconfig_fxp0_name="net0" # Change interface name from fxp0 to net0.
+#ifconfig_fxp0_descr="Uplink to Gigabit Switch 2" # Label fxp0 interface
#vlans_fxp0="101 vlan0" # vlan(4) interfaces for fxp0 device
#create_arg_vlan0="vlan 102" # vlan tag for vlan0 device
#wlans_ath0="wlan0" # wlan(4) interfaces for ath0 device
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