Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:33:27 -0600 (MDT) From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: brooks@FreeBSD.org Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r197047 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <20090910.143327.74744740.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <200909092028.n89KSw1N096254@svn.freebsd.org> References: <200909092028.n89KSw1N096254@svn.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
From: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> Subject: svn commit: r197047 - head/share/man/man4 Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:28:58 +0000 (UTC) > Author: brooks > Date: Wed Sep 9 20:28:58 2009 > New Revision: 197047 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197047 > > Log: > Mention that a few ed(4) devices don't emit link state change notices > and a workaround for dhclient. I thought that I'd made it so that we report the link as active always for those devices that don't support reporting the link status in the hardware. Is this really necessary still? Warner > Reviewed by: thierry > MFC after: 3 days > > Modified: > head/share/man/man4/ed.4 > > Modified: head/share/man/man4/ed.4 > ============================================================================== > --- head/share/man/man4/ed.4 Wed Sep 9 19:40:54 2009 (r197046) > +++ head/share/man/man4/ed.4 Wed Sep 9 20:28:58 2009 (r197047) > @@ -425,3 +425,21 @@ driver is slow by today's standards. > .Pp > PC Card attachment supports the D-Link DMF650TX LAN/Modem card's Ethernet > port only at this time. > +.Pp > +Some devices supported by > +.Nm > +do no generate the link state change events used by > +.Xr devd 8 > +to start > +.Xr dhclinet 8 . > +If you have problems with > +.Xr dhclient 8 > +not starting and the device is always attached to the network it may > +be possible to work around this by changing > +.Dq Li DHCP > +to > +.Dq Li SYNCDHCP > +in the > +.Va ifconfig_ed0 > +entry in > +.Pa /etc/rc.conf . >
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20090910.143327.74744740.imp>