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Date:      Mon, 24 May 2010 12:58:39 -0700
From:      Jeremy Chadwick <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>
To:        David Boyd <David.Boyd@insightbb.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, randi@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sysinstall.8 update to reflect "improved" use of netDev for scripted installs
Message-ID:  <20100524195839.GA37588@icarus.home.lan>
In-Reply-To: <OJEBKOFDEOADELCOBJCGGEMGDAAA.David.Boyd@insightbb.com>
References:  <OJEBKOFDEOADELCOBJCGGEMGDAAA.David.Boyd@insightbb.com>

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On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 03:33:14PM -0400, David Boyd wrote:
> Would it be possible to update the man page for sysinstall to reflect the
> new and improved usage for the netDev variable.  This functionality is
> important (to me and my users) and seems to bear documenting.
> 
> I realize that there may not be many users of scripted installs who care
> about this, so even a reference to the source code in sysinstall/tcpip.c
> would be acceptable.
> 
> 	/*
> 	 * netDev can be set to several types of values.
> 	 * If netDev is set to ANY, scan all network devices
> 	 * looking for a valid link, and go with the first
> 	 * device found. netDev can also be specified as a
> 	 * comma delimited list, with each network device
> 	 * tried in order. netDev can also be set to a single
> 	 * network device.
> 	 */
> 
> There are two places in sysinstall.8 where the usage of netDev is described.
> 
> Thanks, in advance, for considering this request.

CC'ing randi@, as I'm not sure if she's on -stable or not.

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| Jeremy Chadwick                                   jdc@parodius.com |
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