r239356: does it mean, that synchronous dhcp and dhcplcinet with disabled devd gone?

Warner Losh imp at bsdimp.com
Tue Aug 21 19:56:15 UTC 2012


On Aug 21, 2012, at 6:46 AM, Slawa Olhovchenkov wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 03:45:48PM +0400, Lev Serebryakov wrote:
> 
>> Hello, Lev.
>> You wrote 21 августа 2012 г., 15:40:35:
>> 
>> GC>> Try reverting r239356 -- if that works, then please let jhb@ know.
>> LS>   I'm confused by  this commit, because it seems (from comment alone),
>> LS> that  dhclient  will not work without devd anymore (with "synchronous
>> LS> dhcp" option in rc.conf).
>> LS>   Am I right?
>> Also,  I  don't  like idea of removing IP address from interface when
>> cable is unplugged. It was very disturbing behavior of Windows
>> machines for years. I've unplug cable to change switch port for only a
>> second and all connections are broken, even if one second later
>> dhcpclient receive SAME lease! I don't like this. FreeBSD was very
>> tolerant to unplugging cable for eons, and I (and not only me) like
>> it. If I understand this change properly, it is no more the case :(
> 
> Not only cable.
> Turn on microwave, lost WiFi connection and lost all open ssh
> session (and other network connection).

mosh helps.

Warner



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