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Date:      Tue, 20 Aug 2024 04:58:21 GMT
From:      Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 95256f403c47 - stable/14 - dhclient: Update rc.conf.5 with dhclient_arpwait
Message-ID:  <202408200458.47K4wLqC054396@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/14 has been updated by cperciva:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=95256f403c47174733cedca6996957bb932fb356

commit 95256f403c47174733cedca6996957bb932fb356
Author:     Isaac Cilia Attard <icattard@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-08-08 06:34:59 +0000
Commit:     Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2024-08-20 04:57:09 +0000

    dhclient: Update rc.conf.5 with dhclient_arpwait
    
    Add new dhclient_arpwait option to rc.conf.5, with information about
    what it does, and cases in which it could be disabled.
    
    Sponsored by:   Google LLC (GSoC 2024)
    Signed-off-by:  Isaac Cilia Attard <icattard@FreeBSD.org>
    MFC after:      10 days
    Reviwed by:     cperciva, brooks, Tom Hukins, Alexander Ziaee
    Pull Request:   https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1368
    
    (cherry picked from commit e4482bfde9b10a4d0edd0e2d956a87b76db2cb1f)
---
 share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
index 5a8e4e2c1c5b..0576d26ce059 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5
@@ -599,6 +599,15 @@ When specified, this variable overrides the
 variable for interface
 .Ar iface
 only.
+.It Va dhclient_arpwait
+.Pq Vt bool
+Set to
+.Dq Li NO
+to stop
+.Xr dhclient 8
+from waiting for ARP resolution, to make the system boot faster.
+This may be done on networks where the DHCP server is certain to
+know whether an address is available.
 .It Va synchronous_dhclient
 .Pq Vt bool
 Set to



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