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Currently, style checks are not run when the CI fails on building the library. This is annoying to some highly caffeinated developers. Additionally, as the style(9) checks only require the...

Savagedlight

Due to a copy/paste error, `ifconfig_set_metric` actually sets the mtu, not the metric

asomers

Subnamespace libifconfig

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sbin/ifconfig is organized into a base/mixin model. Some basic functionality like setting an interface description is contained in ifconfig.c, but most functionality is contained in mixin files for each feature...

asomers

Consider generalizing `ifconfig_ioctlwrap`

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`ifconfig_ioctlwrap` conveniently opens the right socket type and sets all of the error fields, but it only works for ioctls where the data field has type `struct ifreq`. I'm finding...

asomers

Verify that '#pragma once' is an acceptable header guard lock

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Check whether all compilers in base supports the '#pragma once' guard lock. Do also consider corner cases, like multiple copies of the header being included, from different paths. Reported by:...

Savagedlight

virtual interface: vlan

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Add support for manipulating virtual interface 'vlan'. - assign parent interface - assign VLAN ID - Other? Check ifconfig's ifvlan.c Consider adding a method for creating VLAN interface and assigning...

Savagedlight

The vxlan driver requires special configuration and therefore needs separate creation/initialization code. See ifconfig: ifvxlan.c: clone_setdefcallback("vxlan", vxlan_create);

Savagedlight

The vxlan driver requires special configuration and therefore needs separate creation/initialization code. See ifconfig: ifieee80211.c: clone_setdefcallback("wlan", wlan_create);

Savagedlight

Investigate if the following section of code is necessary: ``` } else if (ifr.ifr_buffer.length > descrlen) { descrlen = ifr.ifr_buffer.length; continue; } ``` I _think_ this tells the next ioctl()...

Savagedlight

Add support for manipulating virtual interface 'bridge'. - create interface - add member interface (addm) - remove member interface (deletem) - manipulation of various properties, see ifconfig's ifbridge.c for more...

Savagedlight