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[Casey Harkins <charkins AT upl.cs.wisc.edu>]

On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Craig Dyke wrote:
> How progresses this work?

Haven't had anytime to touch netconf yet, I was actually planning on
looking at it tonight. It should only take an hour or two to update.

> I didn't see any replies to your question about mtu.
> As far as I am aware the value needs to be between 0 and 1500 inclusive
> (although 0
> won't get you very far).

Thanks, for the time being I'll just try to ensure that its a positive
integer.

> I have noticed that the latest version of network.sh seems to only call ifup
> for a static
> connection. How will your new variables be called into play?

The /sbin/ifup script handles all of these new variables (though there
is a bug preventing UP_ON_BOOT from functioning). test and stable
grimoires appear to have a network init.d script which calls ifup for all
connections. Are you sure you are up to date?

The file is at /etc/init.d/runlevels/%3/network.


-casey


>
> Craig
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Casey Harkins" <charkins AT upl.cs.wisc.edu>
> To: "Robert Helgesson" <rycee AT home.se>
> Cc: <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 12:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Network device config file format update
>
>
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Robert Helgesson wrote:
> > > 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 /etc/init.d/runlevels/%3/network script (at least in the test
> > grimoire) needs an 'export' before _OBEY_UP_ON_BOOT=1, or the ifup script
> > doesn't see the variable being set. I can file a bug for this when I get
> > into the office.
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> > I'm going to add options for these into the netconf program. UP_ON_BOOT
> > will just be a checkbox (defaulting to yes), MTU and POINTTOPOINT will
> > default to being empty. Is there a valid range for MTU or can it be set to
> > any positive integer? I'd like to have a bit of sanity checking so people
> > don't set MTU to 'foo'.
> >
> > > 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.
> >
> >
> > I'm going to leave these out of netconf, but it will leave the functions
> > intact if they exist in a network device file. This will allow netconf to
> > edit the other options without destroying the custom functions.
> >
> > On a side note, I'm going to test out ifplugd for managing my ethernet
> > connections on my laptop. It looks pretty handy! I'll submit a spell when
> > I've tested it out.
> >
> > -casey
> >
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