On 8/21/2012 6:34 AM, John Baldwin wrote: > Humm. devd is the more common case, and we explicitly don't use devd to > start > dhclient on boot even when devd is enabled (so out of the box dhcp would > first > be started by rc, but would be restarted by devd).
That sounds reasonable. People who choose not to run devd can be responsible for restarting dhclient themselves. > Another option is to rework dhclient to work like it does on OpenBSD where it > renews its lease if the link bounces, but to not exit when the link goes down. That would be preferable. > That case would fix the currently broken case that you unplug your cable, > take > your laptop over to another network (e.g. take it home if suspend/resume > works), then plug it back in and are still stuck with your old IP. I do think it's important to fix this case. However I agree with the chorus of responders that it is more important to maintain our historic resilience to temporary loss of connectivity. Doug -- I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. -- Edward Everett Hale, (1822 - 1909) _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"