ifconfig (was: Specifying names for tap interfaces)

[Edgar Fuß <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>]

> When I created srt interfaces, I created srtconfig to configure the
> srt-specific parts, rather than shoehorning srt-specific configuration
> into ifconfig.
[...]
> The only excuse for putting it in ifconfig I can see is to make it easy
> to put into /etc/ifconfig.* or ifconfig_*.
Why not take the same route as with fsck, i.e. have ifconfig call ifconfig_srt?