original interface name? (5.*)

[Valentin Nechayev]

 Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 12:58:26, brooks wrote about "Re: original interface name? (5.*)": 

>> Device number among with driver name are enough to determine needed
>> information based on driver information and boot logs.
>> It is pointless to use interface without such information, and it is pointless
>> to do manual logging as the only source.

> This is a better reason, but if you want the logs to make sense, you
> will have to be aware of changes.  Hmm, we may want to log(9) renames.

> I'm considering adding an ifconfig -v option that would imply -m and add
> more details like index, epoch, dname, dunit, etc.

Well, both ideas (logging renames and a switch to print more info)
are highly pleasant. Thanks in advance for implementation.


-netch-