Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:20:52 +0100 From: Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be> To: kientzle@acm.org Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RC NG, ntp and routed Message-ID: <a05200f33ba1e20f870f1@[10.0.1.2]> In-Reply-To: <3DF7E948.9060508@acm.org> References: <bulk.90313.20021211100352@hub.freebsd.org> <3DF7E948.9060508@acm.org>
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At 5:41 PM -0800 2002/12/11, Tim Kientzle wrote:
> The point of the barrier scripts is to provide
> simple dependencies to other scripts. In particular,
> NETWORKING should represent a fully-functional
> network, including any routing or multicast routing that is
> normally used on this network. It does not, in itself, depend
> on any filesystems. (It runs no programs itself, so why would it?)
Sure it does. In order to do anything, you have to run programs
-- right? And where do those programs come from -- a filesystem,
right? And what if that filesystem is not local, but mounted via
NFS? So, you need a way to bootstrap the early parts of networking
before mounting the later filesystems.
--
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E-(---) W+++(--) N+
!w--- O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) X++(+++) R+(+++)
tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- r---(+++)* z(+++)
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