[PATCH] dhclient active interface detection patch

Martin Blapp mb at imp.ch
Sun Apr 20 14:41:46 PDT 2003


Hi,

> I think this is an interesting idea, but I wonder if you've discussed this
> with the isc-dhcp folks? In my experience with dhcp, there are a lot of

I've sent it to the isc dhcpclient mailing list.

> My other question is, have you tested this with a wireless device?

No. If you have one, can you do some tests for me ? But for some
obvious reasons, it really makes no sense to send requests on
a device which has no active link.

I was also not able to test it on my laptop with cardbus devices,
since my laptop still freezes if I remove my card:

ep0: <3Com Megahertz 574B> at port 0x100-0x11f irq 11 function 0 config 1 on pccard1
ep0: Ethernet address 00:50:da:e4

Martin


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