dhclient taking all cpu

[Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH]

On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 18:54 -0700, Brooks Davis wrote:
> That sounds like a problem with the code that handles the link state
> notifications in the interface driver.  The notifications are a
> reletivly new feature that we're only now starting to use heavily so
> there are going to be bumps in the road.  It would be intresting to know
> if you see link state messages promptly if you plug and unplug the
> network cable.

I can't speak to the original poster's problems, but I do *not* see link
state messages when plugging/unplugging the cable on my T42 (em0).  I
have resigned myself to starting dhclient manually.

(Suggestions for helping to track this down are welcome...)

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