Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 10:47:40 +0800 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com> Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NIC Selection Menu Message-ID: <AANLkTimukRx-60cOZmltBRHlYPry3xb5rpUbBpZ3xVtW@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1274807667.6175.101.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1274807667.6175.101.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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On 26 May 2010 01:14, Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com> wrote: > Solution: Sysinstall could "bold" the NIC entry in the selection menu if > (and only-if) [a] it is able to properly probe the status of said NIC > and [b] said status indicates that a cable is plugged into the > interface. Reporting/updating link status isn't a bad idea. Doing it through bold is. There's no guarantee that the terminal you're currently using will have support for bold characters or the current font in use will make bold even remotely distinguishable. Having some textual "link up", or a link status column, that may work. But do all devices reliably report link status? Having a sysinstall option to list the current NICs and their IP/IPv6 addresses may also help. The user could then "down" an interface. 2c, (I can't work on code for another few weeks, sorry, so this is 2c of non-code-commentary.) Adrian
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