Release 6.0 laptop network interface configuration.

[Brooks Davis]

On Sat, Nov 26, 2005 at 11:22:21AM -0600, Craig Boston wrote:
> Brooks Davis Wrote:
> >On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 08:26:47PM -0800, George Hartzell wrote:
> >> The problem is that I can't seem to keep all of the interfaces from
> >> automagically configuring.
> >
> >Add the NOAUTO keyword to both of them.
> 
> Is there a way to do the exact opposite of this?  What I mean is that
> for a laptop with integrated network, a way to set it so that dhclient
> is launched by devd when a cable is attached, but to NOT run dhclient on
> bootup (and sit there for 10 seconds on bootup waiting for a link).

Not yet.  I'm working on a change to cause dhclient to only run via
devd.  An initial version where you have to enable this behavior on a
per-interface basis will hopefully be available soon.

-- Brooks

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