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 $_if ifconfig_IF_descr`"
+		if [ -n "$_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 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
Index: share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
===================================================================
--- share/man/man5/rc.conf.5	(revision 209664)
+++ share/man/man5/rc.conf.5	(working copy)
@@ -1128,6 +1128,19 @@
 variables.
 .Pp
 If a
+.Va ifconfig_ Ns Ao Ar interface Ac Ns Va _descr
+variable is set, the interface would be assigned the description
+specified by the variable.
+.Pp
+To assign an description of
+.Dq Uplink to Gigabit Switch 1
+on the interface named
+.Li em0 :
+.Bd -literal
+ifconfig_em0_descr="Uplink to Gigabit Switch 1"
+.Ed
+.Pp
+If a
 .Va vlans_ Ns Aq Ar interface
 variable is set,
 a