Re: ipv6_addrs_IF aliases in rc.conf(5)

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I wrote a small patch for /etc/network.subr to add support for
> ipv6_addrs_IF aliases in rc.conf(5) to match the already existing
> ipv4_addrs_IF aliases for ipv4 addresses. With this patch the ipv6
> aliases can be written like:
>
> ipv6_addrs_re0="2001:db8:1111:2222::1/64 2001:db8:1111:2222::2/64"
>
> Only this syntax is supported, it's not possible to use the "prefixlen
> nn" syntax in the list.
>
> The patch is against a recent 9-STABLE, last changed rev of
> network.subr on my SVN checkout is r242187. I don't have a CURRENT
> system to test if it applies to CURRENT as well.
>
> The patch can be found attached to a PR I sent:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=174225
>
>
> I wrote this patch inspired by a question on the FreeBSD forums:
>
> http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=36136
>
> Please test and report if it works for you :)
>
>
> Regards,
> Kimmo Paasiala

Hello,

Did anyone try my patch? I thought it would be nice to have the
ipv6_addrs_IF syntax supported to complement the existing
ipv4_addrs_IF alias syntax.

-Kimmo