On Apr 20, 2008, at 11:51 , Juergen Hannken-Illjes wrote:
On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 11:42:05AM -0400, Andreas Wrede wrote:brconfig(8) shows how to create a bridge using the shell escape (!) ina /etc/ifconfig.bridge0 file. This may not work if an interface participating in the bridge is also a cloned interface (tap in my case) as it may only be created after the bridge0 interface. (Currently, ifconfig -C returns "bridge" first, so it will not work for any of the cloned interfaces).My current solution is the split the interface configuration loop in /etc/rc.d/network into two loops, one to create all necessary clones and the other to do the configuration, see patch below. Is there another way to configure this?Had the same problem with vlan/bridge interfaces. I use /etc/rc.conf: auto_ifconfig=NO net_interfaces="wm0 wm1 vlan0 vlan1 bridge0 bridge1 bridge2"
Ah, ok, although that solution requires some insight and understanding of the network configuration machinery, especially the difference between a cloned and non-cloned interface. I stumbled here because I was adding pkgsrc's openvpn to an already up and running system.
Unless there are other drawbacks, I'd like to propose to change etc/ rc.d/network such:
--- network.orig 2005-11-24 12:28:45.000000000 -0500
+++ network 2008-04-20 08:16:00.000000000 -0400
@@ -193,20 +193,23 @@
echo -n 'Configuring network interfaces:'
for int in $tmp; do
eval args=\$ifconfig_$int
if [ -n "$args" ] || [ -f /etc/ifconfig.
$int ]; then
if ifconfig $int create 2>/dev/null
&& \
checkyesno ipfilter; then
# resync ipf(4)
ipf -y >/dev/null
fi
fi
+ done
+ for int in $tmp; do
+ eval args=\$ifconfig_$int
if [ -n "$args" ]; then
echo -n " $int"
ifconfig $int $args
elif [ -f /etc/ifconfig.$int ]; then
echo -n " $int"
while read args; do
[ -z "$args" ] && continue
case "$args" in
"#"*|create)
--
aew
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