Re: install/51214: Sysinst should add dhcpcd to rc.conf with -b flag.

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/51214; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, install-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: install/51214: Sysinst should add dhcpcd to rc.conf with -b flag.
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2016 19:16:16 +0700

     Date:        Sat, 4 Jun 2016 05:30:55 +0000
     From:        coypu%SDF.ORG@localhost
     Message-ID:  <20160604053055.GA16304%SDF.ORG@localhost>
 
   | I do not have concrete numbers (and even if I did, we could argue about
   | their validity), but I feel like machines can and do complete a full
   | boot in the time it takes me to load nouveau or wait on ntpdate.
 
 Can't comment on nouveau, but if ntpdate is taking too long you probably are
 not using the best NTP servers that you could (though it is always going
 to take a few seconds to make sure it is measuring the delays to the servers
 correctly).  You also want to check whether the delay is in NTP, or in a
 DNS lookup to obtain the addresses of the NTP servers - particularly if
 you normally run with a local DNS server or cache - that won't be available
 when ntpdate is run (the time needs to be set before the DNS starts) - it
 can often be a good idea to config NTP servers by address (and write a
 script to validate the addresses and run it once a day from cron.)
 
 kre
 
 ps: I doubt that gnats-admin@ needs to be cc'd on these messages...