svn commit: r190031 - head/etc/defaults

[Brooks Davis]

On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 07:51:38PM +0400, Dmitry Marakasov wrote:
> * Brooks Davis (brooks at FreeBSD.org) wrote:
> 
> > > Shouldn't synchronous_dhclient be ON by default then? The way it
> > > is, DHCP is not used at all, I ended up with unreachable box which
> > > didn't get any IP already.
> > 
> > Unless you have one of the few interfaces that does not generate
> > link status events, dhclient will be started by devd.  The only ones I
> > know of are a subset set of ed(4) devices, though I think imp may have
> > fixed those recently with a stub ifmedia interface.
> 
> I use ale(4). Will test some more. Couldn't the fact that the interface
> is renamed be the reason?

Shouldn't be.  I use renamed interfaces a fair bit.  The ale(4) driver
uses mii, but so lack of link events shouldn't be an issue unless the
driver is buggy.

> Also, how is the issue of services not starting because of no default
> route/dns/network available solved when running dhclient from devd?

The wait in /etc/rc.d/defaultroute.

-- Brooks
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