Re: dhcpcd glue for rc.d/network and sysinst

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 01:28:22AM +0200, Hubert Feyrer wrote:
> On Mon, 26 May 2008, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
>> the attached patch implements two functions:
>> (1) It makes ifconfig_bge0=dhcp start/stop dhcpcd, same for single lines
>> in /etc/ifconfig_bge0.  I'm not sure where this should be documented.
>
> ifconfig.if(5) and maybe rc.conf(5)

Patch attached, it needs work :-)

Joerg

Index: ifconfig.if.5
===================================================================
RCS file: /data/repo/netbsd/src/share/man/man5/ifconfig.if.5,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -p -r1.8 ifconfig.if.5
--- ifconfig.if.5       24 Nov 2005 17:28:46 -0000      1.8
+++ ifconfig.if.5       27 May 2008 12:33:07 -0000
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ Normally, a line will be evaluated as co
 .Dq Li ifconfig if
 will be prepended on evaluation.
 .Pp
+If the line is equal to dhcp,
+.Xr dhcpcd 8
+will be started for the interface.
+.Pp
 If a line is empty, or starts with
 .Sq # ,
 the line will be ignored as comment.
Index: rc.conf.5
===================================================================
RCS file: /data/repo/netbsd/src/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5,v
retrieving revision 1.115
diff -u -p -r1.115 rc.conf.5
--- rc.conf.5   15 Apr 2008 11:17:48 -0000      1.115
+++ rc.conf.5   27 May 2008 12:33:52 -0000
@@ -654,7 +654,10 @@ parameters in
 .Pa /etc/ifconfig.xxN
 and then in the variable
 .Sy ifconfig_xxN .
-The contents of the file or the variable are handed to ifconfig
+If this variable has the value dhcp,
+.Xr dhcpcd 8
+is started for the interface.
+Otherwise the contents of the file or the variable are handed to ifconfig
 after the interface name.
 If
 .Sy auto_ifconfig