Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 00:02:47 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using any network interface whatsoever Message-ID: <20060407230247.GH16344@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20060407225742.GA21619@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <C05CAC06.C0BD%ceri@submonkey.net> <20060407225742.GA21619@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 03:57:42PM -0700, Brooks Davis wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 11:53:42PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> >=20
> > I'm trying to configure a bootable image to be used in various situatio=
ns
> > and on various (mostly unknown) hardware.
> >=20
> > For the filesystem I can use geom_label and /dev/ufs/UnlikelyString, bu=
t I'd
> > also like to have it try to configure whatever interfaces the machine
> > happens to have via DHCP.
> >=20
> > Other than specifying ifconfig_<if>0=3D"DHCP" once for every possible v=
alue of
> > <if>, is there a mechanism to do this already?
>=20
> ifconfig_DEFAULT
Superb, thank you!
> If you have non-Ethernet-like interfaces compiled in, you will probably
> want create empty "ifconfig_<if>" variables for them since DHCP won't
> work very well there. :)
Good point, thanks again :)
Ceri
--=20
That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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