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Date:      Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:03:11 -0500
From:      George Mitchell <george@m5p.com>
To:        Ian Lepore <freebsd@damnhippie.dyndns.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Raspberry Pi EABI test image
Message-ID:  <50D8B4FF.3020201@m5p.com>
In-Reply-To: <1356371614.1129.114.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>
References:  <20121224103825.086cd584@fubar.geek.nz> <50D79C5C.1000704@m5p.com> <20121224135512.30c84b7c@fubar.geek.nz> <50D87B88.6080504@m5p.com> <1356371614.1129.114.camel@revolution.hippie.lan>

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On 12/24/12 12:53, Ian Lepore wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-12-24 at 10:58 -0500, George Mitchell wrote:
>> On 12/23/12 19:55, Andrew Turner wrote:
>>> On Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:05:48 -0500
>>> George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com> wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>> Although rc.conf says ue0_config="DHCP"', dhclient doesn't run.  I can
>>>> run it manually, and then everything network-related works.
>>> I've seen this before with other RPi images.
>>>
>> Changing DHCP to SYNCDHCP "fixes" the issue.  I'll try to see if I can
>> figure out why DHCP doesn't work.
>>
>
> To look into why =DHCP doesn't work, look at devd and the devd rules to
> figure out why usb-based interfaces (apparently) aren't being handled.
> The way the rc system works these days, DHCP means "do 'ifconfig up' on
> the interface and let devd launch dhclient in response to that", and
> SYNCDHCP means "the rc system directly invokes dhclient immediately".
>
> -- Ian
>
That sure explains it!  rc.conf says devd_enable="NO".  Removing this
line causes DHCP to run as expected with ue0_config="DHCP".   -- George



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