Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 21:15:11 -0400 (EDT) From: "Sean O'Connell" <sean@stat.Duke.EDU> To: FreeBSD mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: /etc/pccard_ether reprise Message-ID: <199808310115.VAA22584@cayenne.isds.duke.edu>
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Hi All-
As several people have pointed out to me, the correct use
of the pccard_ifconfig line is:
pccard_ifconfg="inet 111.222.333.444 netmask 255.255.255.0"
Based on my reading of the manpage and prior experience with
FreeBSD on desktops and PAO, that you still needed an
ifconfig_${interface} entry in rc.conf. This blinded me to
what was going on (reading pccard_ether the wrong way). I
think this makes more sense (ie, letting pccardd pick up
the interface of the day and any link/media type flags
and letting pccard_ifconfig do the nitty gritty).
May I suggest a minor change to the manpage for rc.conf to
better elaborate on the proper usage of this.
pccard_ifconfig
(str) List of ethernet devices (e.g. ed0 ed1 ep0 ...)
which should be dynamically ifconfig'd on insertion or
boot.
Maybe something like:
pccard_ifconfig
(str) IP set up for a dynamically attached iterface
(e.g. "inet 127.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0"). The
relevant entry in /etc/ppcard.conf yields the
interface and any adapter specific flags.
Thanks
S
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