svn commit: r197047 - head/share/man/man4

[Brooks Davis]

Author: brooks
Date: Wed Sep  9 20:28:58 2009
New Revision: 197047
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/197047

Log:
  Mention that a few ed(4) devices don't emit link state change notices
  and a workaround for dhclient.
  
  Reviewed by:	 thierry
  MFC after:	3 days

Modified:
  head/share/man/man4/ed.4

Modified: head/share/man/man4/ed.4
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man4/ed.4	Wed Sep  9 19:40:54 2009	(r197046)
+++ head/share/man/man4/ed.4	Wed Sep  9 20:28:58 2009	(r197047)
@@ -425,3 +425,21 @@ driver is slow by today's standards.
 .Pp
 PC Card attachment supports the D-Link DMF650TX LAN/Modem card's Ethernet
 port only at this time.
+.Pp
+Some devices supported by
+.Nm
+do no generate the link state change events used by
+.Xr devd 8
+to start
+.Xr dhclinet 8 .
+If you have problems with
+.Xr dhclient 8
+not starting and the device is always attached to the network it may
+be possible to work around this by changing
+.Dq Li DHCP
+to
+.Dq Li SYNCDHCP
+in the
+.Va ifconfig_ed0
+entry in
+.Pa /etc/rc.conf .