Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 00:33:50 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: refugee@vt.edu Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devd/devctl Message-ID: <20030913.003350.98343503.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20030912212606.3d04f3ed.refugee@vt.edu> References: <20030912212606.3d04f3ed.refugee@vt.edu>
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Suleiman Souhlal <refugee@vt.edu> writes:
: I was wondering if it would be a good idea to modify devd and
: devctl for them to handle other events than attaching and detaching
: devices.. For example, they could be used to mark a network
: interface as down, when the network cable is pulled out, and run
: dhclient when it is put back in. I think there are other
: applications too.
Yes. that has been the plan for some time now. However, dhclient is
really lame in a lot of ways. Martin Blapp has made it a lot better
of lates. In geral, I tend to believe that I shouldn't fix bugs in
dhclient with devd things. However, a more general trend to more
event types would be good because a device arriving isn't quite the
same as a network interface arriving...
Warner
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