RE: HEADSUP: OpenBSD dhclient incoming

From: Darren Pilgrim <dmp_at_bitfreak.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 23:02:28 -0700
From: M. Warner Losh [mailto:imp_at_bsdimp.com] 
> In message: <001501c5720b$aceb84d0$0b2a15ac_at_SMILEY>
>             "Darren Pilgrim" <dmp_at_bitfreak.org> writes:
> : 2: There are real configurations in which some interfaces are not
> : available when netif is run at boot.  One example is the many newer
> : mini-PCI wireless NICs that require a firmware upload.  Devd is the
> : accepted tool for performing such tasks, but rcordering puts devd
> : after NETWORKING.  The actions taken by devd must therefore include
> : steps taken by netif.  Calling the rc.d scripts directly from devd
> : avoids local scripts that duplicate rc.d functionality.  A similar 
> : situation occurs for removable interfaces.
> 
> This is really not an issue.  If I insert my network card, I want it
> configured in the manner that it would have been configured on boot.
> devd and /etc/pccard_ether (poorly named, I know) already takes care
> of that situation...

*takes crash course in network.subr, pccard_ether and netif*  Yeah, ok.
Shame on me for not keeping up on the reading. :)
Received on Thu Jun 16 2005 - 04:02:30 UTC

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