Re: control of order of inet devices
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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 04:27:44AM -0500, Joshua Isom wrote:
> On 4/17/2013 4:14 AM, Willy Offermans wrote:
> > This is what I read in some of the articles or handbook as well. Can I
> > reorder this linked list? Can I control the order by creating the kernel
> > and reordering the inclusion of the device drivers?
> >
> > I am aware that the request sounds silly, but I have a third party prog=
ram
> > which checks its licence against the first inet device. Since I have ad=
ded
> > a new inet controller, the sequence has changed. Of course I ask for a =
new
> > licence, but they want to charge me for that and I do not see any reason
> > for that.
>=20
> Load old inet devices like normal, in loader.conf. Then load the new=20
> device driver before networking, after rc's started. If it'd because of=
=20
> probe order, then you might just have to control the probe order the=20
> hard way. If the program's calling ifconfig itself, you could write a=20
> wrapper to resort the output. And call a lawyer, getting a new ethernet=
=20
> card shouldn't void a license.
It wouldn't be particularly hard to influence the sorting of the list if
you're willing to modify the if_attach_internal() function and always
insert devices with that name at the beginning. It just doesn't seem
very general purpose so I'd have a hard time considering including it.
-- Brooks
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