it possibly an inline indicator on wired on question which interface do you want to configure em0, em1 (down), em2down) [em0] :
but wireless interfaces will always be down before you associate with the AP... that said if using DHCP it is pretty obvious when a link is down... and on a static ip you know how to set it so you know how to run ifconfig to diagnose it... I dont feel that strongly about it ... but i can see it would help in some situation ... so if there is an existing network status line in the installer perhaps appending a lnk down message there would be helpful without impacting someone's terminal (as highlighted by Theo and Nick) All the best, Tom Smyth On Thu, 29 Oct 2020 at 16:10, Theo de Raadt <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nick Holland <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 2020-10-29 08:00, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > do you think it would be possible for the installer to show > > > an eye-catching warning, if "ifconfig" reports "no carrier" > > > for the network port to configure? > > > > > > Just a suggestion, of course > > > Harri > > > > Why? > > What problem are you trying to solve, and how many are you > > planning on making for me in the process? > > > > I often end up setting up OpenBSD systems with no network > > attached. Nothing to warn me about. > > > > I very often install OpenBSD configuring several NICs when > > only one has a network currently. Again, PLEASE don't give > > me three, five or ten bogus warning messages. > > Precisely. vertical screen real-estate is valuable. People > often look up higher at what they've already done, and a warning > would consume 1 line per interface, and reduce the visible context > for a person performing an multi-network install manually, thereby > increasing potential error. > -- Kindest regards, Tom Smyth.
