@cmb:
Nothing in the base system should show the real if name, open a ticket on redmine with anywhere you see that in the base system.
I'll go on a hunting expedition when I find a bit of time…
...and file the stuffed beasts in red mine ;)
Still one question: at what level are these real names real?
Obviously they are not the physical interfaces, which have names like em0, nor are they real even for things like fail-over interfaces (lagg0) nor for tunnels, nor...
So if they are not defined at the OS level, why can't we just rename the "real" names, forget about "friendly" names, and be done? Is this a BSD thing, or has it to do pfSense internals, or what?