From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 7 09:28:55 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F1BA16A41C for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 09:28:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from ford.blinkenlights.nl (ford.blinkenlights.nl [213.204.211.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0702043D53 for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 09:28:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sten@blinkenlights.nl) Received: from tea.blinkenlights.nl (tea.blinkenlights.nl [192.168.1.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ford.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 489F63F294; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:28:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix, from userid 101) id C5B59276; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:28:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by tea.blinkenlights.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC0951BA; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:28:52 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:28:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans To: Brooks Davis In-Reply-To: <20050607034620.GA32718@odin.ac.hmc.edu> Message-ID: References: <20050607034620.GA32718@odin.ac.hmc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: OpenBSD dhclient incoming X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 09:28:55 -0000 On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Brooks Davis wrote: > I'm about to start importing the OpenBSD dhclient and required > support in /etc. I will unhook dhclient from the build while I work so > there shouldn't be much breakage for most people. > > > Since the interface configuration process had to change to accommodate > this, I've taken the opportunity to streamline it. There are now less > paths by which and interface will be configured. First, > /etc/rc.d/dhclient is no longer a start script and simply exists to > start and stop individual dhclients. Second, /etc/rc.d/netif now > handles both DHCP and non-DHCP interfaces. As a bonus, it can handle > interface which are both so the following is a valid configuration: > > ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP media 100baseTX" This is great, another use for this is dhcp on vlan interfaces, aka: ifconfig_vlan42="DHCP vlandev fxp0" Previously this had to be done with interface start scripts. -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem