From owner-freebsd-current Tue Feb 9 10:10:31 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA17083 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 10:10:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA17070 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 10:10:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (IDENT:VpYUnAxEjGU7shZK4t64PPGDvZpGerxa@greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id UAA08763; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 20:09:55 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (IDENT:BxX6AqlVsbVOfIpnVI5bFtH7sR4rsGr+@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id UAA61839; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 20:09:55 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@greenpeace.grondar.za) Message-Id: <199902091809.UAA61839@greenpeace.grondar.za> To: Lyndon Nerenberg cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP bpf alternatives In-Reply-To: Your message of " Tue, 09 Feb 1999 09:58:17 MST." <199902091658.JAA20395@rembrandt.esys.ca> References: <199902091658.JAA20395@rembrandt.esys.ca> Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 20:09:55 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > > An alternative to dhclient and bpf would be to add an ioctl that would > force an interface to initiate a DHCP configuration. This would allow > for something like: > > ifconfig ep0 dhcp > > Of course, this means moving the entire DHCP state engine into the > kernel ... Erm, you forgot to include the patches to do this... M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message