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Date:      Sat, 13 Sep 2003 15:36:58 -0600 (MDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        DougB@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: devd/devctl
Message-ID:  <20030913.153658.43409469.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030913142107.V85817@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz>
References:  <20030912212606.3d04f3ed.refugee@vt.edu> <20030913.003350.98343503.imp@bsdimp.com> <20030913142107.V85817@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz>

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In message: <20030913142107.V85817@12-234-22-23.pyvrag.nggov.pbz>
            Doug Barton <DougB@freebsd.org> writes:
: That functionality is being ported back to the vendor, if it hasn't been
: already. If we want really cool whizbang features that are more specific
: to us, we _should_ be looking at stuff like devd. The trick is definig
: which problem space we're addressing at any given moment. :)

You can't do it in devd.  You must be able to either (a) tell a
running dhclient about arrival/departures of interfaces or (b) run
multiple dhclients.  Make dhclient do one or the other.  devd can't
help you here until one or the other of these work.

Warner


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