Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 09:48:41 +1000 From: "Phil" <Phil@amdg.etowns.org> To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: rc(8) script -- waiting for the network to become usable Message-ID: <C599C5C348B448ADB9CD1BF0B9EB27A5@black> In-Reply-To: <20100418213727.GA98129@icarus.home.lan> References: <20100418213727.GA98129@icarus.home.lan>
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Jeremy, A good proposal to improve start-up robustness. If I may suggest, waitnetwork_ip should include a short list of alternate IP's in the event of a local network outage, or DOS, etc. Something like: waitnetwork_ip="IP1 IP2 IP3" Having multiple target IP's will improve the likelihood of timely booting when silly/nasty things happen on the wider network. Good idea to have incorporated into the base system. Andrew, I agree that the problems should be corrected at the source; and my preference is to fail properly (b) so that other mitigation may occur. Done in parallel, would eventually provide a belts and braces start-up: wait for the network, and fail properly for network dependent processes. (I can't speak to desktops that resume from a suspend when the network has changed state.) Regards, Phil
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