git: fa7094c5b06f - main - rc.conf.5: Improve NOAUTO configuration + tag SPDX
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 06:19:53 UTC
The branch main has been updated by ziaee:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=fa7094c5b06fe31a025906bcee922a46c1b36ed6
commit fa7094c5b06fe31a025906bcee922a46c1b36ed6
Author: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-09-11 06:17:39 +0000
Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-09-11 06:19:19 +0000
rc.conf.5: Improve NOAUTO configuration + tag SPDX
- Show how to start a NOAUTOed interface
- "configured" is not quite right, try to improve that
MFC after: 3 days
Event: EuroBSDcon Devsummit 2026
Reviewed by: adrian
Discussed with: Antranig Vartanian <antranigv@freebsd.am>
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D59571
---
share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 | 11 ++++++++---
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
index 4db1586f2fcc..7ab8f0a7ee43 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1995
.\" Jordan K. Hubbard
.\"
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd September 1, 2026
+.Dd September 10, 2026
.Dt RC.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -1676,13 +1679,15 @@ If the
.Va ifconfig_ Ns Aq Ar interface
contains the keyword
.Dq Li NOAUTO
-then the interface will not be configured
-at boot or by
+then the interface will not be created but not started at boot or by
.Pa /etc/pccard_ether
when
.Va network_interfaces
is set to
.Dq Li AUTO .
+Start the interface by issuing the following command:
+.Pp
+.Dl service netif start Ar interface
.Pp
It is possible to bring up an interface with DHCP by adding
.Dq Li DHCP