HEADSUP: OpenBSD dhclient incoming
Darren Pilgrim
dmp at bitfreak.org
Thu Jun 16 06:02:30 GMT 2005
From: M. Warner Losh [mailto:imp at bsdimp.com]
> In message: <001501c5720b$aceb84d0$0b2a15ac at SMILEY>
> "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp at bitfreak.org> writes:
> : 2: There are real configurations in which some interfaces are not
> : available when netif is run at boot. One example is the many newer
> : mini-PCI wireless NICs that require a firmware upload. Devd is the
> : accepted tool for performing such tasks, but rcordering puts devd
> : after NETWORKING. The actions taken by devd must therefore include
> : steps taken by netif. Calling the rc.d scripts directly from devd
> : avoids local scripts that duplicate rc.d functionality. A similar
> : situation occurs for removable interfaces.
>
> This is really not an issue. If I insert my network card, I want it
> configured in the manner that it would have been configured on boot.
> devd and /etc/pccard_ether (poorly named, I know) already takes care
> of that situation...
*takes crash course in network.subr, pccard_ether and netif* Yeah, ok.
Shame on me for not keeping up on the reading. :)
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