From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 24 19:58:42 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 9CC62106564A for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 19:58:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jdc@koitsu.dyndns.org) Received: from qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.17]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E93D8FC17 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 19:58:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta24.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.76]) by qmta10.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id MNcz1e0011ei1Bg5AXyinj; Mon, 24 May 2010 19:58:42 +0000 Received: from koitsu.dyndns.org ([98.248.46.159]) by omta24.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id MXyh1e0033S48mS3kXyhbU; Mon, 24 May 2010 19:58:42 +0000 Received: by icarus.home.lan (Postfix, from userid 1000) id C0B7D9B422; Mon, 24 May 2010 12:58:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 12:58:39 -0700 From: Jeremy Chadwick To: David Boyd Message-ID: <20100524195839.GA37588@icarus.home.lan> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, randi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall.8 update to reflect "improved" use of netDev for scripted installs 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: Mon, 24 May 2010 19:58:42 -0000 On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 03:33:14PM -0400, David Boyd wrote: > Would it be possible to update the man page for sysinstall to reflect the > new and improved usage for the netDev variable. This functionality is > important (to me and my users) and seems to bear documenting. > > I realize that there may not be many users of scripted installs who care > about this, so even a reference to the source code in sysinstall/tcpip.c > would be acceptable. > > /* > * netDev can be set to several types of values. > * If netDev is set to ANY, scan all network devices > * looking for a valid link, and go with the first > * device found. netDev can also be specified as a > * comma delimited list, with each network device > * tried in order. netDev can also be set to a single > * network device. > */ > > There are two places in sysinstall.8 where the usage of netDev is described. > > Thanks, in advance, for considering this request. CC'ing randi@, as I'm not sure if she's on -stable or not. -- | Jeremy Chadwick jdc@parodius.com | | Parodius Networking http://www.parodius.com/ | | UNIX Systems Administrator Mountain View, CA, USA | | Making life hard for others since 1977. PGP: 4BD6C0CB |