From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 30 23:02:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1227616A420 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:02:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pneumann@gmail.com) Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A12343D53 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:02:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pneumann@gmail.com) Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id i2so25499wra for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:02:53 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:subject:from:to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:date:message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; b=qI622EZN5Z4/OX+JYKSxyGg9+ao6zA+GZ221wlnRqi8M6Lvbxj0z89FO9GMRYfeTyW2pG9TPOZephIxGgHuw/zTxtCeyoceqZE/K8HdzQHr0zufZraeomi0oZ+Kk9zuwjsLzTM3xziFimg2bgTJdzFPksS2yTWdoxTAa+YjojxY= Received: by 10.54.80.8 with SMTP id d8mr7416863wrb; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:02:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?10.0.0.100? ( [200.74.123.191]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id g2sm29790wra.2006.01.30.15.02.51; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:02:52 -0800 (PST) From: Phillip Neumann To: Brooks Davis In-Reply-To: <20060130211422.GB14402@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <1138582561.1895.4.camel@localhost> <20060130211422.GB14402@odin.ac.hmc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:02:47 +0000 Message-Id: <1138662167.1708.2.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devd.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 23:02:54 -0000 El lun, 30-01-2006 a las 13:14 -0800, Brooks Davis escribió: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 12:56:01AM +0000, Phillip Neumann wrote: > > Im trying to understand devd.conf. > > > > there is a text, wich is: > > # Try to start dhclient on Ethernet like interfaces when the link comes > > # up. Only devices that are configured to support DHCP will actually > > # run it. No link down rule exists because dhclient automaticly exits > > # when the link goes down. > > > > when i unplug the rj45, i dont see dhclient quitting. i have to ifconfig > > the interface down. only so, dhclient will exit. > > > > base in this, if i modify devd.conf and add this line: > > notify 0 { > > match "system" "IFNET"; > > match "type" "LINK_DOWN"; > > media-type "ethernet"; > > action "/etc/rc.d/dhclient stop $subsystem"; > > }; > > > > when i unplug the cable it will stop dhclient, but, when i plug the > > cable in again, devd sees 2 events, the LINK_UP and inmedialy it see a > > LINK_DOWN, so dhclient is stopped. > > Your network card's driver has a broken if_media configuration. What > kind of nic is it? > bfe0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (rev 02) broken where do you mean?.. > > whats the correct way to configure the ethernet cards? > > > > is there a way to make something similar work to wifi card? i.e. when > > its assisiated with a ssid, run dhclient, and when no carrier, stop it? > > > > i have run devd -dD, but it does not seems to get any event from the > > wifi card. its an intel 2200. > > If your card is running wpa_supplicant, this is exactly what should > happen. > well actually not. im just running dhcp. no wpa. at least ive not configured so. and i guess its not enabled by default... > -- Brooks > -- Phillip Neumann