Sven F. <sven.falempin@gmail.com> wrote:

> If an interface is configured with AUTOCONF
> hostname.if does not remove the flag

Noone said that netstart removes any configuration.  There are probably
50+ configuration pieces on an interface, and netstart does not remove
any of them.  It does not "reset a port".  It only sets things that it
knows about.

I do not think this proposal is useful.