vlans and cloning

[Sam Leffler]

Maxim Konovalov wrote:
> [...]
>> This would change the user api but otherwise I can see no reason for
>> continuing to support the old mechanism where you do:
>>
>> ifconfig vlan create
>> ifconfig vlan0 vlan 1 vlandev em0
>>
>> Anyone _against_ nuking the above?
> 
> As you said it will break POLA and a number of scripts outside our
> tree.  If it doesn't cost much for us I wouldn't killed "ifconfig vlan
> create".
> 

As I said in separate mail having the 2-step procedure provides no
functionality and in the future (when I bring in virtual ap support for
the wireless system) it will not be possible to create cloned wlan
devices w/ a 2-step process.

	Sam