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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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On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 04:26:13PM -0400, Andre Guibert de Bruet wrote:
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> 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

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