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  • From: Benoit PAPILLAULT <benoit.papillault AT free.fr>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Network device config file format update
  • Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:10:11 +0200

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.




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