Re: networking in 14.1 release notes

From: Mike Karels <mike_at_karels.net>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 15:54:08 UTC 
On 20 May 2024, at 10:15, mike tancsa wrote:

> On 5/19/2024 8:59 PM, Mike Karels wrote:
>> On 19 May 2024, at 18:29, mike tancsa wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/18/2024 10:49 AM, Mike Karels wrote:
>>>> I have no networking changes at all in the 14.1 release notes.  Is there
>>>> anything that should be mentioned?  Feel free to reply to me individually.
>>>>
>>> Not sure if appropriate or not, but when going to 13.x to 14.x, not all vlan configs work now in rc.conf
>>>
>>> Both
>>>
>>> ifconfig_vlan2="192.168.1.51/24 vlandev igb1 vlan 2"
>>> ifconfig_vlan2="192.168.1.51/24 vlan 2 vlandev igb1"
>>>
>>> used to work on RELENG_13
>>>
>>> now only
>>>
>>> ifconfig_vlan2="192.168.1.51/24  vlan 2 vlandev igb1"
>>>
>>> is allowed.  Maybe a heads up in UPDATING ?
>> That sounds like an outright bug.  Looks like it was true in 14.0 as well.
>> Is there a bug report?  I couldn't find one.
>
> I didnt open one. Wasnt sure if it the change was a deliberate one or on the wrong side of POLA. To me it feels unnecessary to have only one order of params but I might be missing the rational behind it. Shall I open a PR ?

Yes, please.  I looked into it yesterday; it looks accidental.  I'll follow up.

		Mike
>
>> btw, UPDATING is meant for upgrades from source.
>>
>> 		Mike
>>