Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:28:58 +0000 (UTC) From: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r197047 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <200909092028.n89KSw1N096254@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: brooks Date: Wed Sep 9 20:28:58 2009 New Revision: 197047 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197047 Log: Mention that a few ed(4) devices don't emit link state change notices and a workaround for dhclient. Reviewed by: thierry MFC after: 3 days Modified: head/share/man/man4/ed.4 Modified: head/share/man/man4/ed.4 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man4/ed.4 Wed Sep 9 19:40:54 2009 (r197046) +++ head/share/man/man4/ed.4 Wed Sep 9 20:28:58 2009 (r197047) @@ -425,3 +425,21 @@ driver is slow by today's standards. .Pp PC Card attachment supports the D-Link DMF650TX LAN/Modem card's Ethernet port only at this time. +.Pp +Some devices supported by +.Nm +do no generate the link state change events used by +.Xr devd 8 +to start +.Xr dhclinet 8 . +If you have problems with +.Xr dhclient 8 +not starting and the device is always attached to the network it may +be possible to work around this by changing +.Dq Li DHCP +to +.Dq Li SYNCDHCP +in the +.Va ifconfig_ed0 +entry in +.Pa /etc/rc.conf .
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