Only /etc/hostname.athn0 contains autoconf on my X230.
When the hardware switch turned off, netstart still waits 10 seconds:
$ ifconfig athn0
athn0:
flags=a48803<UP,BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,AUTOCONF6TEMP,AUTOCONF6,AUTOCONF4>
mtu 1500
lladdr 04:f0:21:30:37:de
index 2 priority 4 llprio 3
groups: wlan
media: IEEE802.11 autoselect
status: no network
ieee80211: nwid ""
# time sh /etc/netstart
0m11.48s real 0m00.93s user 0m00.55s system
For DHCP/SLAAC to kick in, the interface must be UP and RUNNING, so this
won't exit ealier unless I turn the switch on *and* athn0 gets an IP and
default route within those ten seconds, which is quite unlikely, imho.
Make netstart wait for RUNNING interfaces only so booting in guaranteed
offline mode won't stall for nothing:
# time sh ./netstart
0m00.73s real 0m00.57s user 0m00.20s system
Feedback? Objection? OK?
Index: netstart
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/etc/netstart,v
retrieving revision 1.229
diff -u -p -r1.229 netstart
--- netstart 5 Nov 2022 12:06:05 -0000 1.229
+++ netstart 11 Nov 2022 16:44:44 -0000
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ ip6routes() {
wait_autoconf_default() {
local _count=0
- if ifconfig | grep -q ': flags=.*<.*AUTOCONF.*>'; then
+ if ifconfig | grep -q ': flags=.*<.*RUNNING.*AUTOCONF.*>'; then
while ((_count++ < 20)); do
route -n show | grep -q ^default && break
sleep .5
