git: 47f6b848e079 - stable/13 - dhclient: Update rc.conf.5 with dhclient_arpwait
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 05:02:16 UTC
The branch stable/13 has been updated by cperciva:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=47f6b848e079ae127294e5c207622f5a4235b7ad
commit 47f6b848e079ae127294e5c207622f5a4235b7ad
Author: Isaac Cilia Attard <icattard@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-08-08 06:34:59 +0000
Commit: Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-08-20 04:58:36 +0000
dhclient: Update rc.conf.5 with dhclient_arpwait
Add new dhclient_arpwait option to rc.conf.5, with information about
what it does, and cases in which it could be disabled.
Sponsored by: Google LLC (GSoC 2024)
Signed-off-by: Isaac Cilia Attard <icattard@FreeBSD.org>
MFC after: 10 days
Reviwed by: cperciva, brooks, Tom Hukins, Alexander Ziaee
Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1368
(cherry picked from commit e4482bfde9b10a4d0edd0e2d956a87b76db2cb1f)
---
share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
index 8f105e679b55..4e7140540420 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -556,6 +556,15 @@ When specified, this variable overrides the
variable for interface
.Ar iface
only.
+.It Va dhclient_arpwait
+.Pq Vt bool
+Set to
+.Dq Li NO
+to stop
+.Xr dhclient 8
+from waiting for ARP resolution, to make the system boot faster.
+This may be done on networks where the DHCP server is certain to
+know whether an address is available.
.It Va synchronous_dhclient
.Pq Vt bool
Set to