Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 11:28:52 +0200 (CEST) From: Sten Spans <sten@blinkenlights.nl> To: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HEADSUP: OpenBSD dhclient incoming Message-ID: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0506071127120.8641@tea.blinkenlights.nl> In-Reply-To: <20050607034620.GA32718@odin.ac.hmc.edu> References: <20050607034620.GA32718@odin.ac.hmc.edu>
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On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Brooks Davis wrote: > I'm about to start importing the OpenBSD dhclient and required > support in /etc. I will unhook dhclient from the build while I work so > there shouldn't be much breakage for most people. > <snip> > > Since the interface configuration process had to change to accommodate > this, I've taken the opportunity to streamline it. There are now less > paths by which and interface will be configured. First, > /etc/rc.d/dhclient is no longer a start script and simply exists to > start and stop individual dhclients. Second, /etc/rc.d/netif now > handles both DHCP and non-DHCP interfaces. As a bonus, it can handle > interface which are both so the following is a valid configuration: > > ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP media 100baseTX" This is great, another use for this is dhcp on vlan interfaces, aka: ifconfig_vlan42="DHCP vlandev fxp0" Previously this had to be done with interface start scripts. -- Sten Spans "There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen - Anthem
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