diff -ru src.bak/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
--- src.bak/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c	Sun Jul 17 17:47:09 2005
+++ src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c	Sun Jul 17 18:55:49 2005
@@ -726,6 +726,14 @@
 }
 
 void
+setifdesc(const char *val, int dummy __unused, int s, const struct afswtch *afp)
+{
+	ifr.ifr_data = (caddr_t)val;
+	if (ioctl(s, SIOCSIFDESCR, &ifr) < 0)
+		warn("SIOCSIFDESCR");
+}
+		
+void
 setifcap(const char *vname, int value, int s, const struct afswtch *afp)
 {
 
@@ -829,6 +837,8 @@
 	struct	rt_addrinfo info;
 	int allfamilies, s;
 	struct ifstat ifs;
+	struct ifreq ifrdesc;
+	char ifdescr[IFDESCRSIZE];
 
 	if (afp == NULL) {
 		allfamilies = 1;
@@ -851,6 +861,13 @@
 		printf(" mtu %ld", ifm->ifm_data.ifi_mtu);
 	putchar('\n');
 
+	memset(&ifrdesc, 0, sizeof(ifrdesc));
+        strlcpy(ifrdesc.ifr_name, name, sizeof(ifrdesc.ifr_name));
+        ifrdesc.ifr_data = (caddr_t)&ifdescr;
+        if (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFDESCR, &ifrdesc) == 0 &&
+            strlen(ifrdesc.ifr_data))
+                printf("\tdescription: %s\n", ifrdesc.ifr_data);
+	
 	if (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFCAP, (caddr_t)&ifr) == 0) {
 		if (ifr.ifr_curcap != 0) {
 			printb("\toptions", ifr.ifr_curcap, IFCAPBITS);
@@ -1025,6 +1042,8 @@
 	DEF_CMD_ARG("metric",			setifmetric),
 	DEF_CMD_ARG("broadcast",		setifbroadaddr),
 	DEF_CMD_ARG("ipdst",			setifipdst),
+	DEF_CMD_ARG("description",		setifdesc),
+	DEF_CMD_ARG("descr",			setifdesc),
 	DEF_CMD_ARG2("tunnel",			settunnel),
 	DEF_CMD("deletetunnel", 0,		deletetunnel),
 	DEF_CMD("link0",	IFF_LINK0,	setifflags),
diff -ru src.bak/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.h src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.h
--- src.bak/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.h	Sun Jul 17 17:47:09 2005
+++ src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.h	Sun Jul 17 18:54:44 2005
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 extern	int setipdst;
 
 void	setifcap(const char *, int value, int s, const struct afswtch *);
+void	setifdesc(const char *, int, int, const struct afswtch *);
 
 void	Perror(const char *cmd);
 void	printb(const char *s, unsigned value, const char *bits);
diff -ru src.bak/sys/net/if.c src/sys/net/if.c
--- src.bak/sys/net/if.c	Sun Jul 17 17:46:40 2005
+++ src/sys/net/if.c	Sun Jul 17 17:54:31 2005
@@ -1224,7 +1224,9 @@
 {
 	struct ifreq *ifr;
 	struct ifstat *ifs;
+	char ifdescrbuf[IFDESCRSIZE];
 	int error = 0;
+	size_t bytesdone;
 	int new_flags;
 	size_t namelen, onamelen;
 	char new_name[IFNAMSIZ];
@@ -1484,6 +1486,22 @@
 			return (error);
 		error = if_setlladdr(ifp,
 		    ifr->ifr_addr.sa_data, ifr->ifr_addr.sa_len);
+		break;
+
+	case SIOCGIFDESCR:
+		strlcpy(ifdescrbuf, ifp->if_description, IFDESCRSIZE);
+		error = copyout(ifdescrbuf, ifr->ifr_data, IFDESCRSIZE);
+		break;
+
+	case SIOCSIFDESCR:
+		if ((error = suser(td)) != 0)
+			return (error);
+		error = copyinstr(ifr->ifr_data, ifdescrbuf,
+			IFDESCRSIZE, &bytesdone);
+		if (error == 0) {
+			(void)memset(ifp->if_description, 0, IFDESCRSIZE);
+			strlcpy(ifp->if_description, ifdescrbuf, IFDESCRSIZE);
+		}
 		break;
 
 	default:
diff -ru src.bak/sys/net/if.h src/sys/net/if.h
--- src.bak/sys/net/if.h	Sun Jul 17 17:46:40 2005
+++ src/sys/net/if.h	Sun Jul 17 17:52:35 2005
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@
 #if __BSD_VISIBLE
 
 /*
+ + * Length of interface description, including terminating '\0'.
+ */
+#define        IFDESCRSIZE     64
+
+/*
  * Structure used to query names of interface cloners.
  */
 
diff -ru src.bak/sys/net/if_var.h src/sys/net/if_var.h
--- src.bak/sys/net/if_var.h	Sun Jul 17 17:46:41 2005
+++ src/sys/net/if_var.h	Sun Jul 17 17:52:35 2005
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 	int	if_flags;		/* up/down, broadcast, etc. */
 	int	if_capabilities;	/* interface capabilities */
 	int	if_capenable;		/* enabled features */
+	char    if_description[IFDESCRSIZE]; /* interface description */
 	void	*if_linkmib;		/* link-type-specific MIB data */
 	size_t	if_linkmiblen;		/* length of above data */
 	struct	if_data if_data;
diff -ru src.bak/sys/sys/sockio.h src/sys/sys/sockio.h
--- src.bak/sys/sys/sockio.h	Sun Jul 17 17:46:49 2005
+++ src/sys/sys/sockio.h	Sun Jul 17 17:52:35 2005
@@ -114,4 +114,8 @@
 #define	SIOCIFDESTROY	 _IOW('i', 121, struct ifreq)	/* destroy clone if */
 #define	SIOCIFGCLONERS	_IOWR('i', 120, struct if_clonereq) /* get cloners */
 
+#define        SIOCSIFDESCR     _IOW('i', 128, struct ifreq)   /* set ifnet descr */
+#define        SIOCGIFDESCR    _IOWR('i', 129, struct ifreq)   /* get ifnet descr */
+
+
 #endif /* !_SYS_SOCKIO_H_ */