Re: dragonfly pdf documentation

[Marcin Jessa <lists@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am not sure if DragonflyBSD implemented that yet but on FreeBSD you can change device names, e.g:

[root@urukhai:~]# ifconfig -l 
ath0 fxp0 pfsync0 pflog0 lo0
[root@urukhai:~]# ifconfig ath0 name atheros
[root@urukhai:~]# ifconfig -l
atheros fxp0 pfsync0 pflog0 lo0


On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:41:38 +0200
Hummel Tom <tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Eduardo Tongson schrieb:
> >>BTW, why is the reason that some names like network interface names
> >>are named differently between linux and dragonbsd?
> > 
> > 
> > I think you mean eth0 vs xl0,dc0 
> > 
> > Linux uses eth_ for naming a network interface, on BSD interfaces are
> > named after the driver, xl0 (3Com 3C90x), dc0 (DEC). IMHO it is one of
> > Linux' design flaws. Naming it after the device is a plus because it
> > makes troubleshooting easier and less confusing (you know right away
> > which interface are you messing with).
> 
> Personally i like the idea of naming all network devices after the
> network type. If you change card types there won't be any trouble in
> scripts and configs you forgot about etc...
> and a short check into the kernel message buffer, will clear up any
> confusion about the network devices :)
> 
> tom


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