Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 13:38:53 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: OpenBSD dhclient incoming Message-ID: <20050607203853.GA15589@odin.ac.hmc.edu> In-Reply-To: <20050607162452.A42933@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> References: <20050607034620.GA32718@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <Pine.SOC.4.61.0506071127120.8641@tea.blinkenlights.nl> <20050607162452.A42933@lexi.siliconlandmark.com>
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--qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:26:13PM -0400, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote: >=20 > On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Sten Spans wrote: >=20 > >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. > >> > ><snip> > >> > >>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=3D"DHCP media 100baseTX" > > > >This is great, another use for this is dhcp on vlan interfaces, aka: > >ifconfig_vlan42=3D"DHCP vlandev fxp0" > > > >Previously this had to be done with interface start scripts. >=20 > Could I suggest that all of this wonderful magic be documented in the=20 > ifconfig and/or dhclient manpage? I've got some contributed patches to rc.conf(5) that I will commit today. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCpgXcXY6L6fI4GtQRArmBAJ93cbMXdmfLaQ9QWTtK9v03+OQ4wACfQxPr 51WvidNJj2lSLjGZRERtwog= =UkkB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS--
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