Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 08:28:51 +0200 (CEST) From: Martin Blapp <mb@imp.ch> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/rc.d dhclient Message-ID: <20030729082542.O41136@cvs.imp.ch> In-Reply-To: <20030729030426.GD8471@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030728081506.56734B-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20030728142857.A41136@cvs.imp.ch> <20030729030426.GD8471@dragon.nuxi.com>
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Folks, > So? That is how DHCP works. I added the "-1" option so it will time > out. Experience using SuSE which does background its dhcp client, I > think this change is a mistake. Please back that part out. It already has been "backed out" 10 hours ago. IMHO rwatson is right and it's a bad idea to immediatly background it on some machines. The users whi like to background it can set it in their rc.conf. > > It already waits the proper amount. Please don't change the algorithm. > If there was no link on the interface you had to wait ~2 mins and tons of requests have been sent to nowhere. Never noticed ? I wait now a max of 2 x polling time (10 seconds). Martin
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