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[Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault AT free.fr>]

Did you put some documentation about this in the wiki or on a web site?

Benoit PAPILLAULT, ISO Guru

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:58:20 +0200
"Robert Helgesson" <rycee AT home.se> wrote:

> Howdy,
> 
> The new system for configuring network devices is in the devel grimoire
> now. Please try it out, I'm sure there are a few bugs.
> 
> The new system is completely backwards compatible so if you're happy
> with your existing setup then you won't have to change anything.
> 
> There are three new variables:
> 
> UP_ON_BOOT - If set to "no" then the device will not be brought up
>                 automatically during boot. Anything else than "no" is
>                 considered as an "yes".
> MTU - A number specifying the Maximum Transfer Unit. Can be empty.
> POINTOPOINT - The address used for point-to-point mode. Can be empty.
> 
> The following functions can be created in the config file. None of them
> take any arguments.
> 
> do_device_up, do_device_down
>         Overrides what normally is a call to ifconfig or dhcpcd.
> 
> do_route_up, do_route_down
>         Allows overriding of default call to the route command.
> 
> do_status
>         Overrides the default text printed for this device when doing
>         "telinit run network status".
> 
> on_up, on_down
>         Run when device has been successfully been brought up and down
>         respectively.