From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 30 21:14:23 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5658616A420 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:14:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (Odin.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.75]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0161B43D46 for ; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:14:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from brdavis@odin.ac.hmc.edu) Received: from odin.ac.hmc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k0ULEMBw007963; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:14:22 -0800 Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by odin.ac.hmc.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0/Submit) id k0ULEMOo007958; Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:14:22 -0800 Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 13:14:22 -0800 From: Brooks Davis To: Phillip Neumann Message-ID: <20060130211422.GB14402@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <1138582561.1895.4.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Y7xTucakfITjPcLV" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1138582561.1895.4.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on odin.ac.hmc.edu Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: devd.conf X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 21:14:23 -0000 --Y7xTucakfITjPcLV Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 12:56:01AM +0000, Phillip Neumann wrote: > Im trying to understand devd.conf. >=20 > there is a text, wich is: > # Try to start dhclient on Ethernet like interfaces when the link comes > # up. Only devices that are configured to support DHCP will actually > # run it. No link down rule exists because dhclient automaticly exits > # when the link goes down. >=20 > when i unplug the rj45, i dont see dhclient quitting. i have to ifconfig > the interface down. only so, dhclient will exit.=20 >=20 > base in this, if i modify devd.conf and add this line: > notify 0 { > match "system" "IFNET"; > match "type" "LINK_DOWN"; > media-type "ethernet"; > action "/etc/rc.d/dhclient stop $subsystem"; > }; >=20 > when i unplug the cable it will stop dhclient, but, when i plug the > cable in again, devd sees 2 events, the LINK_UP and inmedialy it see a > LINK_DOWN, so dhclient is stopped. Your network card's driver has a broken if_media configuration. What kind of nic is it? > whats the correct way to configure the ethernet cards? >=20 > is there a way to make something similar work to wifi card? i.e. when > its assisiated with a ssid, run dhclient, and when no carrier, stop it? >=20 > i have run devd -dD, but it does not seems to get any event from the > wifi card. its an intel 2200. If your card is running wpa_supplicant, this is exactly what should happen. -- 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 --Y7xTucakfITjPcLV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD3oF/XY6L6fI4GtQRAq6OAKDSiPAScqHOzrX3afKOSW4fV7Fs1QCcC/lh t2hzmj2dHfNz4O6PFhf9cmY= =h4xw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Y7xTucakfITjPcLV--