I'm using start_if.fxp0 to add alot of aliases.  I'm not sure why, but
all this output when /etc/rc.d/netif displays verbose ifconfig fxp0 wipes
dmesg, to the extent that only 1 line is present in /var/run/dmesg.boot.

This change makes the verbose output more easily tuned via rc.conf:
netif_verbose="NO"

I believe this behavior is more like /etc/rc.d/ip6addrctl behavior.

Thank you for taking time to consider my request.

Fix: +netif_verbose="YES" # Set to YES to enable verbose configuration messages
+
+
 ##############################################################
 ###  System console options  #################################
 ##############################################################


# Configure the interface(s).
-       network_common ifn_start verbose
+       network_common ifn_start

        if [ -f /etc/rc.d/ipfilter ] ; then
                # Resync ipfilter
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@
        echo '.'
 }

-# network_common routine verbose
+# network_common routine
 #      Common configuration subroutine for network interfaces. This
 #      routine takes all the preparatory steps needed for configuriing
-#      an interface and then calls $routine. If $verbose is specified,
+#      an interface and then calls $routine. If netif_verbose is specified,
 #      it will call ifconfig(8) to show, in long format, the configured
-#      interfaces. If $verbose is not given, it will simply output the
+#      interfaces. If netif_verbose is not given, it will simply output the
 #      configured interface(s).
 network_common()
 {
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
        else
                _func="$1"
        fi
-       [ -n "$2" ] && _verbose=yes
+       checkyesno netif_verbose && _verbose=yes

        # Set the scope of the command (all interfaces or just one).
        #--zNiQfqsBqtiaEryiskUWRhfENuWGpBAr21ePwyzknbnICWNM
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diff -ur etc.orig/defaults/rc.conf etc/defaults/rc.conf
--- etc.orig/defaults/rc.conf   Fri Dec  2 20:33:17 2005
+++ etc/defaults/rc.conf        Fri Dec  2 20:30:48 2005
@@ -379,6 +379,9 @@
 ip6addrctl_enable="NO" # Set to YES to enable default address selection
 ip6addrctl_verbose="NO"        # Set to YES to enable verbose configuration messages