[gentoo-dev] New pcmcia startup script

[gentoo-dev] New pcmcia startup script

[Crux]

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Dear Gentoo Users,

The default script for pcmcia i.e /etc/init.d/pcmcia does not start loopback 
i.e lo

so here is a modified script to start loopback on pcmcia network 
initialisation

Please copy  the file attached below to /etc/rc.d/init.d/

Best Regards
Prakash Shetty

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New pcmcia startup script

[Ben Lutgens]

On 18 Jun 2001 11:54:57 +0530, Crux wrote:
> Dear Gentoo Users,
> 
> The default script for pcmcia i.e /etc/init.d/pcmcia does not start loopback 
> i.e lo

lo should get started via /etc/rc.d/config/inet.lo

> 
> so here is a modified script to start loopback on pcmcia network 
> initialisation
> 
> Please copy  the file attached below to /etc/rc.d/init.d/
> 
> Best Regards

Re: [gentoo-dev] New pcmcia startup script

[Crux]

Dear Ben,


> > The default script for pcmcia i.e /etc/init.d/pcmcia does not start
> > loopback i.e lo
>
> lo should get started via /etc/rc.d/config/inet.lo

The inet script is basically useless for pcmcia intialisation.

The inet.lo script gets initialised by the inet script under init.d
but the pcmcia script does not reintialise it 

so if you do a /et	c/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart 
it does not bring up/down lo

The inet script is useful only if you have a nic card and not with pcmcia 

well a modification to the inet script to parse for this will be helpful.

Best Regards
Prakash Shetty

Re: [gentoo-dev] New pcmcia startup script

[Ben Lutgens]

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On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 07:08:46PM +0530, Crux wrote:
>Dear Ben,
>
>so if you do a /et	c/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart 
>it does not bring up/down lo

Why would you need to cycle lo? In 5 years as a linux geek I've NEVER
needed to take my lo down and bring it back up.

Also, have you seen in other distros where lo is controlled by pcmcia?
This is kind of strange that you would need this and I am just trying to
understand.

>
>The inet script is useful only if you have a nic card and not with pcmcia 
>
>well a modification to the inet script to parse for this will be helpful.
>
>Best Regards
>Prakash Shetty
>
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Re: [gentoo-dev] New pcmcia startup script

[Crux]

Dear Ben,

> >
> >so if you do a /et	c/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart
> >it does not bring up/down lo
>
> Why would you need to cycle lo? In 5 years as a linux geek I've NEVER
> needed to take my lo down and bring it back up.

i know that .. but the inet or the network script in all the distros do this 
... correct me if i am wrong.

> Also, have you seen in other distros where lo is controlled by pcmcia?
> This is kind of strange that you would need this and I am just trying to
> understand.

you are right ... it is not controlled by pcmcia ... but network scripts also 
parse to see if the nic is pcmcia (i know SuSE does).

This is not the case in gentoo.

And WHY should i use the inet script if i do not have a standard pci/isa nic.

so i need to dump the inet script and use the pcmcia script instead.

The pcmcia script  bring up the lo and eth0 and vice versa.

I could also remove the eth initialisation lines from the inet script ... but 
this is kindda stupid ... why use two scripts to do one job ?

The other solution could be to modify inet to recognise if there is a pcmcia 
network card and act accordingly this is a better one and i am working on it.

Hope i am clear now.

Best Regards
Prakash Shetty

Re: [gentoo-dev] New pcmcia startup script

[Daniel Robbins]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 10:32:11AM +0530, Crux wrote:

> The other solution could be to modify inet to recognise if there is a pcmcia 
> network card and act accordingly this is a better one and i am working on it.

We are planning to replace our current init-scripts with a jinit-based system
that uses dependencies.  This type of system will have no problems dealing
will pcmcia in a graceful manner.  

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Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
President/CEO					http://www.gentoo.org 
Gentoo Technologies, Inc.