Solved Renaming cloned interfaces in rc.conf + bridging

D-FENS

D-FENS

Hi all,
I am wondering if it is possible to reliably rename cloned interfaces and bridge them in rc.conf?
I'd like to create a bridge, change its name, create one or more epairs, rename them and add them to the bridge.
The problem is, within the bridge ifconfig command I don't know if the epairs have the names before or after they have been renamed. How do I know in which order the ifconfig commands are going to be executed?

For example, should I add to the bridge the names before renaming:
Bash: 
cloned_interfaces="bridge0 epair0"
ifconfig_bridge0="name br.001 addm epair0a"
ifconfig_epair0a="name vx.001.001"
ifconfig_epair0b="name vn.001.001"

or should I use the names after renaming:
Bash: 
cloned_interfaces="bridge0 epair0"
ifconfig_bridge0="name br.001 addm vx.001.001"
ifconfig_epair0a="name vx.001.001"
ifconfig_epair0b="name vn.001.001"

Does the order of the lines in rc.conf have any significance? I would like to keep the solution independent of the line order.
 
Hi again,
I have just been helped in the IRC channel #FreeBSD.
What I need can be done by using autobridge in rc.conf:
Bash: 
cloned_interfaces="bridge1 epair0"

ifconfig_bridge1_name="br_001"
ifconfig_epair0a_name="vx_001_002"
ifconfig_epair0b_name="vn_001_002"

ifconfig_br_001="up"
ifconfig_vx_001_002="up"
ifconfig_vn_001_002="up"

autobridge_interfaces="br_001"
autobridge_br_001="vx_001_002"

Also it's worth to note that the interface names should conform to shell variable name convention so that they can be used on the left hand side in rc.conf.
 
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