NICs devices switches "pshycial" place on each boot

[Ian Smith]

On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 06:01:06 +0100, Martin Hanson wrote:
(Warren Block wrote:)
> I would use three of these sections, one with the serial number of each
> interface.  So:
>
> action "ifconfig $device-name name wan inet ..."
> action "ifconfig $device-name name dmz inet ..."
> action "ifconfig $device-name name lan inet ..."
>
> Then the interface names can be easily used in firewall settings.

Hmm, pine doesn't quote your message properly, I'll try something else:

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I tried that as well, but $device-name is empty.

If I do this:

notify 1000 {
     match "system" "USB";
     match "subsystem" "INTERFACE";
     match "vendor" "0x0b95";
     match "product" "0x1790";
     match "sernum" "0000249B0DE00C";
     match "type" "ATTACH";
     action "logger DEVICE NAME IS: $device-name.";
};
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Maybe devd does'nt parse quite the same as sh(1), in that your trailing 
'.' might be seen as part of the name to match?  Tried leaving it off?

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I get:

<SNIP>
Dec  4 05:44:14 gateway1 kernel: ugen7.2: <ASIX Elec. Corp.> at usbus7
Dec  4 05:44:14 gateway1 kernel: axge0: <NetworkInterface> on usbus7
Dec  4 05:44:14 gateway1 devd: Executing 'logger DEVICE NAME IS: .!'
Dec  4 05:44:14 gateway1 martin: DEVICE NAME IS: .!
Dec  4 05:44:15 gateway1 kernel: miibus1: <MII bus> on axge0
Dec  4 05:44:15 gateway1 kernel: rgephy0: <RTL8169S/8110S/8211 1000BASE-T media interface> PHY 3 on miibus1
Dec  4 05:44:15 gateway1 kernel: rgephy0:  none, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 10baseT-FDX-flow, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 100baseTX-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX, 1000baseT-FDX-master, 1000baseT-FDX-flow, 1000baseT-FDX-flow-master, auto, auto-flow
Dec  4 05:44:15 gateway1 kernel: ue0: <USB Ethernet> on axge0
Dec  4 05:44:15 gateway1 kernel: ue0: Ethernet address: 00:24:9b:0d:e0:0c
Dec  4 05:44:15 gateway1 devd: Executing '/etc/pccard_ether ue0 start'
Dec  4 05:44:15 gateway1 kernel: ue0: link state changed to DOWN
</SNIP>

Notice the "Dec  4 05:44:14 gateway1 martin: DEVICE NAME IS: .!" part.
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See above maybe, but then, where did that trailing '!' come from?

cheers, Ian