why does rc.conf cares about xvif interfaces ? they exists only once domUs have been started, which happens long after network has been set up on dom0 ...
If you issue a /etc/rc.d/network restart with present xvif(4) and "auto_ifconfig" enabled, the rc.d/network will look for ifconfig_xvifXXX variables [1] . Given the eval line, it won't get the correct variable due to sh POSIX conventions for shell variables.
http://nxr.netbsd.org/xref/src/etc/rc.d/network#440
BTW, did you test the new name with ipf ? I think they should be accepted properly, but better check now ...
Will do. -- Jean-Yves Migeon jeanyves.migeon%free.fr@localhost