From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 23 17:04:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95592106566C for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:04:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rink@gloom.codethulu.net) Received: from mx1.codethulu.net (mail.codethulu.net [77.243.236.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 517918FC12 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:04:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from anathema.codethulu.net (mail.codethulu.net [77.243.236.173]) by mx1.codethulu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B90A6375A81B; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:47:29 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codethulu.net Received: from mx1.codethulu.net ([77.243.236.173]) by anathema.codethulu.net (anathema.codethulu.net [77.243.236.173]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id keR730hqy5gW; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:47:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from gloom.codethulu.net (mail.codethulu.net [77.243.236.173]) by mx1.codethulu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B0CF375A81A; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:47:25 +0100 (CET) Received: by gloom.codethulu.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 96F5E6D455; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:47:25 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:47:25 +0100 From: Rink Springer To: David Boyd Message-ID: <20100323164725.GD43249@rink.nu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7.3-RELEASE sysinstall netDev feature X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:04:06 -0000 Hi David, On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 12:19:11PM -0400, David Boyd wrote: > Is this the code committed by Rink Springer last October? The code I committed (revision 198317) added support for 'netDev=ANY'; this would select the first device that has an active link. Note that the value is case sensitive, so only using 'ANY' will work. > This feature would sure be great for our many scripted installs (avoiding > the hassles associated with plugging the cable into the wrong interface or > having the interface type change unexpectedly due to hardware swaps). What exactly happens in such a case? Is the line planly ignored? Are you using a non-interactive install? Regards, -- Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "Beauty often seduces us on the road to truth." - Dr. Wilson