Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:20:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc rc.network src/etc/defaults rc.conf Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9907081217440.26949-100000@dt054n86.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <199907071249.FAA31634@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, 7 Jul 1999, Peter Wemm wrote:
> peter 1999/07/07 05:49:48 PDT
>
> Modified files:
> etc rc.network
> etc/defaults rc.conf
> Log:
> Do away with ${network_interfaces} in rc.conf. Just use `ifconfig -l` to
> get a list of interfaces, and then automatically configure them if
> ${ifconfig_${ifn}} or /etc/start_if.${ifn} exists.
I realized that this has already been backed out, but I did want
to mention another case where trying to config all interfaces
automatically is bad. Namely with DHCP I want to control precisely which
interfaces are confgured when and how, which would be very difficult with
this approach.
The "auto" option is an excellent compromise, and I agree with the
previous poster who said that the idea is very clever in conception. :)
Regards,
Doug
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