Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2001 19:05:10 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Anthony Kim <niceshorts@yahoo.com> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: usbd.conf Message-ID: <20010609190510.B6854@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20010609170849.A33467@yahoo.com>; from niceshorts@yahoo.com on Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 05:08:50PM -0500 References: <20010609170849.A33467@yahoo.com>
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On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 05:08:50PM -0500, Anthony Kim wrote:
> Is there a reason why usb ethernet doesn't follow the start_if.${DEVNAME}/
> stop_if.${DEVNAME} convention? Currently I have in my usbd.conf:
>
> -attach "dhclient ${DEVNAME}"
> +attach "/etc/start_if.${DEVNAME}"
> -detach "killall dhclient"
> +detach "/etc/stop_if.${DEVNAME}"
>
> And the relevant scripts perform support work (start and stop fetchmail,
> ifconfig, route add, route flush, etc.).
>
> Are there plans to modify usbd.conf so that it acts more like pccard_ether?
In -current, usbd.conf calls /etc/pccard_ether which is the current
thing to do. I don't know why this change hasn't been MFC'd.
Here's the entry:
device "USB ethernet"
devname "[ack]ue[0-9]+"
attach "/etc/pccard_ether ${DEVNAME} start"
detach "/etc/pccard_ether ${DEVNAME} stop"
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