On Sun, 2006-08-20 at 01:52 -0400, Philip Webb wrote: > 060819 David Corbin wrote: > > I emerged a bunch of stuff this morning, and got this: > > "Gentoo is moving toward common config file for all network interfaces. > > I looked at /etc/conf.d/net.example & it's woefully unclear > > how I port my /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 to the new file/format. > > Yes, the dox are not as detailed as they sb. > To repeat my explanation to another troubled user a few weeks ago :
Philip, Docs on /etc/conf.d/net are about as clear as mud from where I sit. The last thing I need to figure out is what exactly is the difference between config_eth0 and iface_eth0 entries? config_eth0 simply does not work for me at all - if the net cable is not plugged in, dhcp takes 60 seconds to time out. But iface_eth0 realizes in less than a second that there is no network cable and does the smart thing. I once found a note in some other obscure doc that iface_eth0 seems to be the syntax for ifconfig, while config_eth0 seems to be for iproute2. Can anyone confirm or deny this? alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
