From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8911 invoked by uid 1002); 21 Mar 2003 23:09:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 26026 invoked from network); 21 Mar 2003 23:09:30 -0000 Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 01:03:46 +0200 From: Martin Schlemmer To: Wout Mertens Cc: Jay Pfeifer ,Frederick Reeve ,Alain Penders ,gentoo-dev@gentoo.org,Joseph Carter Message-Id: <20030322010346.075b4dd9.azarah@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: References: <1047156369.6631.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20030309070831.GB23088@purematrix.com> <1047204127.6574.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20030309225813.GB11374@galen.bluecherry.net> <20030318204448.64d78950.azarah@gentoo.org> <20030321084308.4165b981.azarah@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] net.eth0 X-Archives-Salt: 663a85fa-a23f-46d0-8064-bd4786f362b9 X-Archives-Hash: b62f34070db03d99dbd9fc1bb84f44bc On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:42:00 +0100 (CET) Wout Mertens wrote: > Well, instead of hard-coding a few ways (ifconfig parameters or dhcp) > of bringing up the network interfaces, I propose a modular approach, > where a few functions/scripts are defined that can bring up the > interface, and you can define which ones you like in what order. To > bring up the interface, they will be called in order until one > succeeds. > > On top of that, I propose the same thing, but for events about network > interfaces. That way, you can add in dyndns clients, reconfigure > applications etc. > > Configuration is still done through /etc/conf.d/net. > > I have done a lot of weird stuff with my network scripts over the last > few years, and this approach would be able to do all the things I can > remember, in a way that can be automated and clean. > Yes, but I wanted a bit more specifics. > Well, if there are no takers, I think I'll give that approach a whirl > and see what happens. > To be honest, my resources networks wise is very limited, and I would appreciate it if somebody with enough pcmcia/wireless/dhcp/whatever knowledge will take the network bit off my hands. I do have one requirement though: Please keep it sane, and me in the loop for at least the initial stuff until we agree that it is a workable solution. Regards, -- Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list