>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Jackson <[email protected]> writes:
Mark> I'm trying (and failing !!) to work out how best to use dhcpc and avahi Mark> together. Mark> Ideally I'd like udhcpc to start up, try to get a lease and, if the Mark> lease request fails, use avahi to get a local ip address. Mark> I have this working, but the dhcp request can taken some time (or even Mark> fail if no dhcp server is present), and I am seeing delays of several Mark> seconds before my other init scripts run. I have dual ethernet ports Mark> leading to about a 10seconf delay if no dhcp server is present. Mark> To prevent other init scripts from being delayed, udhcpc should Mark> instantly go into background mode (see [1]). The normal approach is to use ifplugd (the busybox applet) to run the ifup in the background when it detects a link, and not stall the rest of the boot process. -- Bye, Peter Korsgaard _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.busybox.net/mailman/listinfo/busybox
