Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:26:59 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: dmp@bitfreak.org Cc: vova@fbsd.ru, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, matt@gsicomp.on.ca Subject: Re: HEADSUP: OpenBSD dhclient incoming Message-ID: <20050615.212659.86621150.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <001501c5720b$aceb84d0$0b2a15ac@SMILEY> References: <20050615061009.GA11914@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <001501c5720b$aceb84d0$0b2a15ac@SMILEY>
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"Darren Pilgrim" <dmp@bitfreak.org> writes:
: From: Brooks Davis
: > There are two issues here. First, if we're going to keep
: > network_interfaces around, /etc/rc.d/dhclient should honor
: > it and not start dhclient on interfaces not in either
: > network_interfaces or removable interfaces.
:
: I think network_interfaces should be gotten rid of entirely for two
: reasons:
:
: 1: It creates a synchronization issue between it and the ifconfig_*
: lines and duplicates functionality. IIRC, rc.conf being out of sync in
: this way has tripped up users in the past.
This can be good. I have ifconfig_fxp1 lines in my rc scripts for
when I setup temprary networks as a reminder to what to use. I
specifically set network_interfaces to exclude them from being run.
: 2: There are real configurations in which some interfaces are not
: available when netif is run at boot. One example is the many newer
: mini-PCI wireless NICs that require a firmware upload. Devd is the
: accepted tool for performing such tasks, but rcordering puts devd after
: NETWORKING. The actions taken by devd must therefore include steps
: taken by netif. Calling the rc.d scripts directly from devd avoids
: local scripts that duplicate rc.d functionality. A similar situation
: occurs for removable interfaces.
This is really not an issue. If I insert my network card, I want it
configured in the manner that it would have been configured on boot.
devd and /etc/pccard_ether (poorly named, I know) already takes care
of that situation...
Warner
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