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Date:      Sat, 5 Sep 2009 13:06:35 +0200
From:      Thierry Thomas <thierry@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ifconfig_ed0="DHCP" does not work on 8.0-BETA3
Message-ID:  <20090905110635.GG87716@graf.pompo.net>
In-Reply-To: <20090904215747.GB82231@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>
References:  <20090904173811.GA45176@graf.pompo.net> <20090904214148.GB9950@michelle.cdnetworks.com> <20090904215747.GB82231@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>

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Le Ven  4 sep 09 =E0 23:57:47 +0200, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
 =E9crivait=A0:
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> This is a know issue with some devices supported by ed(4).  You can work
> around it by changing DHCP to SYNCDHCP which will cause dhclient to
> alwasy start immediatly on that interface instead of waiting for a link
> state change that never happens.

Thanks for the hint!

What about the following patch?

--- man4_ed.4.diff begins here ---
--- src/share/man/man4/ed.4.orig	2009-08-03 10:13:06.000000000 +0200
+++ src/share/man/man4/ed.4	2009-09-05 12:51:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -425,3 +425,11 @@
 .Pp
 PC Card attachment supports the D-Link DMF650TX LAN/Modem card's Ethernet
 port only at this time.
+.Pp
+If the line "ed0: link state changed to UP" does not show up in dmesg, the=
 line
+.Pp
+ifconfig_ed0=3D"DHCP"
+.Pp
+in
+.Xr rc.conf 5
+will be ineffective. In this case, replace "DHCP" by "SYNCDHCP".
--- man4_ed.4.diff ends here ---

Don't hesitate to reword it - my englsh can be terrible!

Donation: if someone wants this card for investigations, I can bring it
at EuroBSDCon. It has 2 outputs: 1 RJ45 and 1 coaxial.

Regards,
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Th. Thomas.

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