[openbeosnetteam] Re: testread / Meeting?

OK.  I'll make the full path available in the ifnet structure as well as the
shorthand, which BTW is now held as name and unit no.

david

> > 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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