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Date:      Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:45:27 +0400
From:      Vladimir Grebenschikov <vova@fbsd.ru>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: HEADSUP: OpenBSD dhclient incoming
Message-ID:  <1118781927.1003.1.camel@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <20050614162338.GA20371@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
References:  <20050607034620.GA32718@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <1118728905.939.5.camel@localhost> <20050614162338.GA20371@odin.ac.hmc.edu>

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=F7 =D7=D4, 14/06/2005 =D7 09:23 -0700, Brooks Davis =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 10:01:45AM +0400, Vladimir Grebenschikov wrote:
> > ? ??, 06/06/2005 ? 20:46 -0700, Brooks Davis ?????:
> > > I'm about to start importing the OpenBSD dhclient and required
> > > support in /etc.  I will unhook dhclient from the build while I work =
so
> > > there shouldn't be much breakage for most people
> >=20
> > I have strange behavior of new dhclient + devd:
> >=20
> > just after boot (with ethernet plugged) I have no devd events about
> > state of media and have interface down, but after first ifconfig (even
> > without parameters, even executed by any user) "link state chages to UP=
"
> > event appears and devd starts dhclient on interface.
> >=20
> > I do not think that it is desired behavior.
> >=20
> > my rc.conf, related to this:=20
> >=20
> > ifconfig_fxp0=3D"dhcp"
> > network_interfaces=3D"lo0"
> > devd_enable=3D"YES"
> >=20
> > Probably I need to comment network_interfaces line, but anyway, now it
> > works strange.
>=20
> I'm not sure what you are claiming here.  The dhclient should be being
> started by /etc/rc.d/netif which is well before devd.  The link state
> message had nothing to do with devd other than being emitted by the same
> function that sends a notifaction to devd.

I am claiming that first notification is triggered by ifconfig command
(interface already detected). I guess it should be triggered by real
module load/interface detection, but not by user's ifconfig.

> -- Brooks
>=20
--=20
Vladimir B. Grebenschikov
vova@fbsd.ru



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