From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 19:22:31 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C495F106567A for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:22:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AE818FC21 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:22:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 18680 invoked by uid 399); 2 Jun 2009 19:22:25 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO ?192.168.0.100?) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 2 Jun 2009 19:22:25 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4A257BEF.2010205@FreeBSD.org> Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:22:23 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Baldwin References: <200906010537.n515bDou065357@svn.freebsd.org> <4A25491B.4030406@incunabulum.net> <20090602165021.GB15552@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <200906021511.03955.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200906021511.03955.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=D5B2F0FB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis , src-committers@freebsd.org, Bruce Simpson Subject: Re: svn commit: r193199 - head/etc X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:22:32 -0000 John Baldwin wrote: > I think more specifically, if you don't set 'ifconfig_' to "DHCP", then > when you plug a device in, nothing happens. That's actually not correct, as devd will try to dhcp an interface as soon as it comes up. > DHCP is opt-in, not > opt-out. The only reason one would want to limit network_interfaces is if > you wanted to have an ifconfig_foo0 line in /etc/rc.conf but not have foo0 > configured automatically. I've already said several times that I want to run through my own list of interfaces, configure the first one that comes up, and then stop. There is no support for that currently. Others have also chimed in with things that they do with the existing feature as well. > Unless someone has a real usage case that NOAUTO, etc. doesn't cover, I think > this commit should be reverted. I think that the burden of proof rests on those that want to eliminate existing functionality. Doug