Re: git: b61850c4e6f6 - main - bridge(4): default net.link.bridge.member_ifaddrs to false

On 19 May 2025, at 06:24, Lexi Winter <ivy@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> Jessica Clarke:
>> That would go some way to helping, but I really do not want “I want a
>> tap interface for a VM” and “I want devd+dhclient to manage DHCP for me
>> automatically” to be incompatible, which based on the thread here it
>> sounds like they are.
> 
> this is not supposed to be broken, or at least, i think we want to
> continue supporting this even if it requires configuration changes.
> 
> if i understand your use-case correctly, you are relying on devd to
> start dhclient on an interface when the link comes up, when this
> interface is also a member of a bridge, is that correct?
> 
> if so, are you able to modify your devd event script to run dhclient on
> the bridge instead?

This is just devd’s default rules, /etc/devd/dhclient.conf.

Jess