Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 15:08:18 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: dgilbert@dclg.ca Cc: ler@lerctr.org Subject: Re: devd *NOT* called on wi0 insert? Message-ID: <20030907.150818.127303792.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <16219.30455.762472.264053@canoe.dclg.ca> References: <18850000.1062771730@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> <20030905.133003.52134645.imp@bsdimp.com> <16219.30455.762472.264053@canoe.dclg.ca>
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David Gilbert <dgilbert@dclg.ca> writes:
: >>>>> "M" == M Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> writes:
:
: M> In message: <18850000.1062771730@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> Larry
: M> Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> writes: : I have a (within the week)
: M> -CURRENT system. If I boot with my Linksys : WPC11 V.3 card
: M> inserted : I get the dhcp actions and all is fine. If I remove the
: M> card, we don't : kill off dhclient. : : If I boot without the
:
: Actually, I think devd needs to be significantly smarter. Consider
: the average laptop: one or more permanent interfaces and one or more
: transient interfaces.
The current devd is smart enough. Devd's config file might use some
additional tweaking.
: Currently, if bge0 (my permanent interface) has link at boot, it gets
: dhclient. Similarly to the origional poster, if wi0 is inserted at
: boot, it gets dhclient.
Don't blame devd for dhclient being brain dead. Fix the brain damage
in dhclient, don't use devd to work around that brain damage.
: devd doesn't seem to do much else.
Devd does anything you want it to do.
Warner
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