Merging rc.d/network_ipv6 into rc.d/netif

[Doug Barton]

On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Bob Johnson wrote:

> On 11/5/07, Mike Makonnen <mtm at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> Most IP related knobs will have an ipv4_ and ipv6_ version. To make the
>> transition easier rc.subr(8) will "automagically" DTRT for the following
>> knobs:
>>         gateway_enable     => ipv4_gateway_enable
>>         router_enable      => ipv4_router_enable
>>         router             => ipv4_router
>>         router_flags       => ipv4_router_flags
>>         defaultrouter      => ipv4_defaultrouter
>>         static_routes      => ipv4_static_routes
>>         static_routes_<IF> => ipv4_static_routes_<IF>
>>         route_<XXX>        => ipv4_route_<XXX>
>>         dhclient_program   => ipv4_dhclient_program
>>         dhclient_flags     => ipv4_dhclient_flags
>>         dhclient_flags_<IF> => ipv4_dhclient_flags_<IF>
>>         background_dhclient_<IF> => ipv4_background_dhclient_<IF>
>>
>> Please try it and let me know what you think.
>
> Personally, I'd prefer the new names be along the lines of
> ifconfig_<interface>_ipv4, ifconfig_<interface>_ipv6,
> defaultrouter_ipv4, defaultrouter_ipv6, dhclient_program_ipv4,
> dhclient_program_ipv6, etc.

Personally I think that grouping things by ipv4/ipv6 makes more sense, and 
has better longevity.

> And this would be a good time to change defaultrouter to default_router!

Or we could make it shorter and call it gateway.

Doug

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