Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:06:48 -0500 From: Erik Osterholm <freebsd-lists-erik@erikosterholm.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do you use a value other than AUTO for network_interfaces? Message-ID: <20090602230648.GB88740@barragry.com> In-Reply-To: <4A257B82.1000701@FreeBSD.org> References: <4A257B82.1000701@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 12:20:34PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Up till Sunday in 8-current, and for a long time in general > network.subr (part of the rc.d system) has emitted a warning that > values of network_interfaces other than AUTO are deprecated. I > removed that warning in HEAD Sunday, and there is no a discussion > about whether or not it should be put back, and whether or not there > is any need for the user to specify the list of network interfaces > at all. > > If you use a value of network_interfaces other than AUTO please > speak up so that we can make an intelligent decision about this > issue. > > Thanks, > > Doug I'll have to preface this by disclosing that I have not been running -current, nor following any changes to the RC system. In 7.1, if you compile a custom kernel and comment out an interface (such that it is compiled as a module), one way to ensure that the module is loaded is to explicitly list it in network_interfaces. If -current works the same way, then users will be required to modify /boot/loader.conf in order to load the module. Could there could be possible side-effects to this change, since the loading of the module happens at a different time? At best, users doing things the 'network_interfaces' way may be in for a surprise when the update (remotely), and this may be worthy of a note in UPDATING. If this has changed in 7.2 or -current, then I apologize for the noise! Erik
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