Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 09:23:56 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> To: peter@FreeBSD.org (Peter Wemm) Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.network src/etc/defaults rc.conf Message-ID: <199907071623.JAA38429@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199907071249.FAA31634@freefall.freebsd.org> from Peter Wemm at "Jul 7, 1999 05:49:48 am"
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> peter 1999/07/07 05:49:48 PDT
>
> Modified files:
> etc rc.network
> etc/defaults rc.conf
> Log:
> Do away with ${network_interfaces} in rc.conf. Just use `ifconfig -l` to
> get a list of interfaces, and then automatically configure them if
> ${ifconfig_${ifn}} or /etc/start_if.${ifn} exists.
>
> This makes it a lot easier to deal with machines that constantly change
> their network configuration as you can leave ifconfig settings for all
> the possible cards - just the ones that are present will be configured.
>
> Revision Changes Path
> 1.48 +12 -3 src/etc/rc.network
> 1.16 +1 -2 src/etc/defaults/rc.conf
I strongly dislike this idea. If I list an interface in network_interfaces
during boot:
a) I want to see an error if the physical device is missing
b) It might not even exist in an ifconfig -l at this time, it
just might be getting created by /etc/start_if.X
IMHO trying to make this smart is going to lead you down the road to
the problems that happen on Micro$oft systems.
--
Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net
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