Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:38:31 -0800 From: Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> To: Eygene Ryabinkin <rea@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, d@delphij.net Subject: Re: Annoying ERROR: 'wlan0' is not a DHCP-enabled interface Message-ID: <4EC6C247.6040807@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <Snqh5lmyPm2YvkGpN1vSomauXwU@g5jH1yj%2BTnAiSdLOy3xs5Jutvhc> References: <4EB6693F.2020102@delphij.net> <4EB71580.20507@FreeBSD.org> <4EB72290.8030104@delphij.net> <Snqh5lmyPm2YvkGpN1vSomauXwU@g5jH1yj%2BTnAiSdLOy3xs5Jutvhc>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 11/18/11 03:40, Eygene Ryabinkin wrote: > Gentlemen, good day. > > Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 04:13:04PM -0800, Xin LI wrote: >> On 11/06/11 15:17, Doug Barton wrote: >>> What harm is the error message causing? It seems useful to me >>> to know if something is happening in the background that may >>> need the administrator's attention. >> >> It's harmful because it's not an error -- for example, a bge0 >> interface which is a member of lagg group, is usually marked >> explicitly as non-DHCP. On the other hand, can you give me an >> example where it *is* an error? :-) I can't seem to think about >> one but I could be wrong here. >> >> It sounds like to me a POLA violation by the way since it's not >> the way it was, but my argument is primarily about "this gives an >> error message for valid configuration" and not about POLA. > > Since devd.conf uses quietstart, there is a way to make everyone > happy or at least not so angry: check rc_quiet and act accordingly. > The patch is available at > http://codelabs.ru/fbsd/patches/dhclient/dhclient-respect-quiet-mode.diff > > please, test it and report back. Is there any counter reasoning about "having an interface marked as non-DHCP is not an error"? I'm still not convinced with the benefit of having it show an error message. Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJOxsJHAAoJEATO+BI/yjfB1DEIAK5R2xgC/4JIML1eWG6wTt3g 2dHp/e2hVZIqSrmVqrd3Dhm6yYsjn/ycTLCwulpdyhviZfZJneTuXHIKEo4fF8Bt o+NoqAYZiAt/9cUJXFO1x/FMm7h1scth4H5AsLqvz52XJkmxeGBGq1tCEv4oeT2/ CYWzsOwd3OjEaBBNtRX7PyP8i+G+Sd3gPK1SQpbYbrqBtYHPa3bTVbn6olbrA21E sQ0qRIakD5I/GhuEhnfAnLNAR7fYUW3/b6KVBBFsGa4aE5kF8fDW1OlIhRY3hm47 hx8lwBwOyAPL3cJ+xidGX9klzYcZsXdH84fgsn5bwXI9ZbIfEj3+VaOp+aZXjVA= =XGEv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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