From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 11 21:19:21 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD2B437B401 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:19:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.11.0/8.11.0) id f5C4J4i02364; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:19:04 -0700 Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:19:04 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Warner Losh Cc: Dave Hayes , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: import NetBSD rc system Message-ID: <20010611211904.A1820@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> References: <200106120117.SAA10614@hokkshideh.jetcafe.org> <200106120235.f5C2Z7V43436@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200106120235.f5C2Z7V43436@harmony.village.org>; from imp@harmony.village.org on Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 08:35:07PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 08:35:07PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > But the NetBSD style is exactly as easy to administer as the FreeBSD > style. It is more modular and easy to expand after the boot. How do > I start nfs on FreeBSD after it boots? Well, you grep it out of > /etc/rc*. With the NetBSD style, it is as simple as '/etc/rc.d/nfsd > start' Better yet, a dependency system can allow you to design things so inserting a NIC causes the network interface config script to restart (adding the interface) and to inteligently restart network services to bind to that interface. The fact that you should be able to re-enter the configruation process at just about any level should fix any number of places where (for example) PC Card nics aren't equal to non-removable nics. Personaly, I can't wait to see this in action. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7JZg4XY6L6fI4GtQRAt/UAKCBqYikeEx1+d8WZOaiuaJqwlqWWQCg2/og jDhlwFT+DH3BCYms46NiTNA= =QfCL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Qxx1br4bt0+wmkIi-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message