[openbeosnetteam] Re: testread / Meeting?

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 15:01:35 CET (+0100)

> BTW, I also think we should aim to call cards in a better manner, i.e
> 
> /dev/net/tulip/0    =>    tulip0
> 
> So, in ifconfig, I can do
> 
>     ifconfig tulip0 ...
> 
> This is a break from how the rest of the unix world works but seems a 
> damn
> sight more user-friendly and more "be", don't you think?  this is one 
> reason
> I want a DHCP client module built as part of our stack...

I would like to have both possibilities; e.g. let the tulip0 interface 
make some sort of a short-hand, so that you can access /dev/net/tulip/0 
as tulip0 in the networking tools.

Adios...
   Axel.



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