Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:59:29 +0000 From: "Alphons \"Fonz\" van Werven" <a.j.werven@student.utwente.nl> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Cc: knowtree@aloha.com, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ifconfig, wifi, and DHCP Message-ID: <47DECDA1.3060801@student.utwente.nl> In-Reply-To: <20080317192236.GC38485@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <200803170751.m2H7pMQW020344@yoda.pixi.com> <47DEC0F0.5090100@student.utwente.nl> <20080317192236.GC38485@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
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Brooks Davis wrote:
> In theory dhclient shouldn't need to be called manually. The fact that
> it appears to be needed indicates that the wi driver fails to set it's
> link state correctly and thus to pass information up to devd which would
> start dhclient.
Oops, that's right. I guess I still got my head stuck in the old days :-)
I do maintain the point that it's easiest to just call netif though.
Alphons
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