Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 14:29:08 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ Message-ID: <199902092229.OAA00642@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Feb 1999 22:29:16 GMT." <E10ALee-0004BX-00@fanf.noc.demon.net>
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> Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> wrote: > >In a situation like that, you would just tune the dhcp client not to > >ask for a lease on that interface. You know you've done something > >silly; there's a mechanism to stop it breaking things. What more could > >you ask for? > > POLA. Currently, an interface that isn't mentioned isn't configured at > all. Changing that isn't kind. Perhaps having a variable in rc.conf > that lists the interfaces to be configured with DHCP would be better? > (As opposed to the statically configured interfaces.) It depends on who's being astonished. DHCP expects to try to configure all your interfaces; that's what it's there for. On a system where a new and unexpected interface may suddenly arrive, it makes sense to have the dhcp client pick it up. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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