Merge vale-ctl into ifconfig(8)

[Eugene Grosbein]

17.04.2018 1:23, Farhan Khan wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am interested in vale(4) and see the vale-ctl
> in /usr/src/tools/tools/netmap/vale-ctl.c. Given that it affects interface
> cards and creates a virtual switch, is it appropriate to merge vale-ctl's
> behavior into ifconfig? From a cursory code review, vale-ctl opens
> /dev/netapi whereas ifconfig uses a socket(2).
> 
> Thoughts?

Please don't overweight our already bloated ifconfig.

Have you considered etherswitch(4) and etherswitchcfg(8)?