From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 24 21:41:13 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 5A3E31065675 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 21:41:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sektie@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 296008FC22 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 21:41:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvh11 with SMTP id 11so717754pvh.13 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 14:41:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:sender:received :in-reply-to:references:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=/aApDK9K/Cr0zaggxCfVzyTc48wrbXobqe+ykEH/EYo=; b=JBLTwT9meZMrEQskt+asI3+BZjsJzUVve+o3Cjzx/x2DPCkTyAt/R8OtSkzf6DSqcq WQqBE+Vm9tBAsSmRHmuCTHeUdyYGHHHOH+OsSiI582qm0A121hA+RcR47NJ56Ye68Quj iNRAB/ntiS5yLOcbQYqbGLRD4pcZstFjqq+mc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=fj+Xu9QfmmNYIZp8kOUEsR8ugHyOYcw9WIZAl9g84tnVNT9tZD78fSlXwDMvOqc/16 vUGRB7Jfd+CUO58rOYCEs058gRTObagjI2WLbqk/9foCFgwbYtl80Ma+/Th3SVSM5B9z TdGCztv9D4QMChMqJYITO3h7SOMCPZUbMP1Lk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.141.108.10 with SMTP id k10mr4544783rvm.113.1274737272628; Mon, 24 May 2010 14:41:12 -0700 (PDT) Sender: sektie@gmail.com Received: by 10.141.29.11 with HTTP; Mon, 24 May 2010 14:41:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100524195839.GA37588@icarus.home.lan> References: <20100524195839.GA37588@icarus.home.lan> Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 14:41:12 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: AzkiVzXUHWRPHtwcOO6cnHtWSrM Message-ID: From: Randi Harper To: Jeremy Chadwick Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: David Boyd , freebsd-stable@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 21:41:13 -0000 On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > 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 th= e >> new and improved usage for the netDev variable. =A0This 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. >> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 /* >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0* netDev can be set to several types of values. >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0* If netDev is set to ANY, scan all network devices >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0* looking for a valid link, and go with the first >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0* device found. netDev can also be specified as a >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0* comma delimited list, with each network device >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0* tried in order. netDev can also be set to a single >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0* network device. >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0*/ >> >> There are two places in sysinstall.8 where the usage of netDev is descri= bed. >> >> Thanks, in advance, for considering this request. > > CC'ing randi@, as I'm not sure if she's on -stable or not. I am. :) And I've got a sysinstall filter to catch any mentions. I am always watching! muhahaha. sigh. Anyways, sorry about that, I kind of had it in the back of my mind that the man page and possibly the supplied example install.cfg needed updating, but I completely forgot about it. The 8.1 code freeze should be kicking in really soon, so while I'll work on changes to the documentation, I'm not sure they'll make it in time. -- randi