From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 23 20:08:09 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 C781A106564A; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:08:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sektie@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f199.google.com (mail-pz0-f199.google.com [209.85.222.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9028B8FC08; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 20:08:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk37 with SMTP id 37so626747pzk.7 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:08:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:sender:received:in-reply-to :references:date:x-google-sender-auth:received:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ztYMkLWDSwRqd7EwG+Wha+Ld21OjHlwxdtF0VipSVU4=; b=ROHSiAPGvg85jPXP8MfietJKIamqMEOcG8n7ZOcs7QFsfjjNdv2+n8Sjx03vkWDhZw C4nRTu4q7743tzSQWjxb1tK/bl1GuUbzWgbB1rvws0vJa0yif/iOzDCQpJjeWp0v8vjK ciGLBMrkavILqT1hDghXq2wxbMmMN86POlN88= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=IhzMwQ7geCmqnkJcovCVqkqoEWABhOFSEO8aUoQxK8vazrS0dHQOSqOvB3nCPp97bI j58l29gDoQfsY+Zw4dHw6UQnMet28no3diG3/JIl1gmal+JhLMKzphJB163ehEQ7BGMe Hmvc8c3JuZHXkWqVsK5sgm3grtTNBpvMQcMT4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: sektie@gmail.com Received: by 10.141.4.5 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:58:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100323164725.GD43249@rink.nu> References: <20100323164725.GD43249@rink.nu> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:58:13 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6c7ba30029a45c87 Received: by 10.141.23.20 with SMTP id a20mr79792rvj.1.1269374293668; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:58:13 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Randi Harper To: Rink Springer Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: David Boyd , 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 20:08:09 -0000 On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Rink Springer wrote: > 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=3DANY'; > 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 (avoidin= g >> 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 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 = =A0 =A0 =A0- http://rink.nu > "Beauty often seduces us on the road to truth." > - Dr. Wilson > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > If you can enable debugging and take a look at the debug console, that output would be helpful. What exactly are you specifying for netDev? ANY or a comma delimited list of interfaces? Is it saying that it can't find a network interface or is it prompting you to select one? -- randi