Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:42:49 -0500 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r197047 - head/share/man/man4 Message-ID: <20090910204249.GB55545@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> In-Reply-To: <20090910.143327.74744740.imp@bsdimp.com> References: <200909092028.n89KSw1N096254@svn.freebsd.org> <20090910.143327.74744740.imp@bsdimp.com>
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--EuxKj2iCbKjpUGkD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 02:33:27PM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > From: Brooks Davis <brooks@FreeBSD.org> > Subject: svn commit: r197047 - head/share/man/man4 > Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:28:58 +0000 (UTC) >=20 > > Author: brooks > > Date: Wed Sep 9 20:28:58 2009 > > New Revision: 197047 > > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197047 > >=20 > > Log: > > Mention that a few ed(4) devices don't emit link state change notices > > and a workaround for dhclient. >=20 > I thought that I'd made it so that we report the link as active always > for those devices that don't support reporting the link status in the > hardware. Is this really necessary still? That fixes the case where dhclient never sees a link, but apparently doesn't deal with the fact that in 8.0 dhclient never starts without a link-up event. It may be that we need to generate a single link-up event at startup to provide an equivalent workaround. -- Brooks > Warner >=20 > > Reviewed by: thierry > > MFC after: 3 days > >=20 > > Modified: > > head/share/man/man4/ed.4 > >=20 > > Modified: head/share/man/man4/ed.4 > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > --- 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 Ether= net > > 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 . > >=20 >=20 --EuxKj2iCbKjpUGkD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFKqWTIXY6L6fI4GtQRArGpAJ9u8i6eKgeejQNkdjIh2hrcQDjMNQCfUtig on6U4Pepc3vtzn1MPuynP5w= =I8ga -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --EuxKj2iCbKjpUGkD--
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