Re: [gentoo-dev] net.eth0

[Wout Mertens]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Martin Schlemmer wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Mar 2003 15:46:37 +0100 (CET)
> Wout Mertens <wmertens@×××××.com> wrote:
>
> > activate_eth0="dhcp static"
> > activate_eth1="iwconfig static dhcp leap"
> > activate_ppp0="ppp" # Extra parameters in net.ppp0
> > events_eth0="apache"
> > events_ppp0="dyndns"
> > events_global="wwwoffled chronyd"
> >
> > What do you think? I think this would be able to take all the things I
> > tried to do over the last few years :)
>
> Err, mind explaining a bit over here ?

Well, instead of hard-coding a few ways (ifconfig parameters or dhcp) of
bringing up the network interfaces, I propose a modular approach, where a
few functions/scripts are defined that can bring up the interface, and you
can define which ones you like in what order. To bring up the interface,
they will be called in order until one succeeds.

On top of that, I propose the same thing, but for events about network
interfaces. That way, you can add in dyndns clients, reconfigure
applications etc.

Configuration is still done through /etc/conf.d/net.

I have done a lot of weird stuff with my network scripts over the last few
years, and this approach would be able to do all the things I can
remember, in a way that can be automated and clean.

> > We could start prototyping something in a separate ebuild,
> > sys-apps/gentoo-net or something, and when it is stable, merge it back
> > in baselayout.
>
> Could work

Well, if there are no takers, I think I'll give that approach a whirl and
see what happens.

Wout.

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