libifconfig: Initial code available, looking for feedback

[Dan Partelly]

Im interested in this work, I believe having libraries to interface  with various FreeSBD subsystems 
would be a very valuable addition to FreeBSD. 

A first comment:

— from Github descrition --
"'m currently working on a library called 'libifconfig' which will provide
a C API to do the actual work that /sbin/ifconfig currently does, except
that of lib80211.”
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It is my opinion that this shouldn't be a monolitical libary, and at least two libraries
 should be created:

1. layer 2 access lib   		(universal )
2. protocol level libraries  	(initially  IP suite configuration would be more than enough)

Also, it may (or may very well be a stupid ideea, didnt thinked it throughly) to expose such config  APIs 
using Nvlists. It makes using the API extremely easy. See nv(3) .





> On 09 Apr 2016, at 16:59, Marie Helene Kvello-Aune <marieheleneka at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> d appreciate feedback, in particular on the API design
> and usage, and especially on how it communicates error state to the
> application.
> 
> Expect the API to break frequently/often for the time being