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You make some good points. I'll answer your questions as best as I can, |
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but we can consider this thread closed. I will not try to put the |
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virtual in, but I will come back to the list soon and start another |
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thread. |
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In a nutshell, our networking is a beast, and we should try to simplify |
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it some how imo. I'll write out my thoughts about that when I start the |
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other thread. |
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On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 11:24:10AM -0600, mingdao wrote: |
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> (1) What is "the new network stack" provided by the newnet USE flag? |
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That consists of the network and staticroute scripts which are part of |
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OpenRC. The network script sets up interfaces and configures static |
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addresses only; it will allow you to run any command at any point in the |
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process of doing this. What some people on Gentoo do not like about it |
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is it is all or nothing. You can't start/stop/depend on a single |
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interface. |
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The staticroute script is used to configure multiple static routes once |
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the network script has set up the static addresses. |
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> (2) Why is dhcpcd referred to as a "network manager" in the same context as |
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> wicd, networkmanager, connman, etc? In the sense that dhcpcd is not sufficient |
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> for security protected wireless alone, as is, say, wicd; and is not a |
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> replacement for true "network manager" apps. DHCP client != network manager |
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> app |
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This is a good point, so I will drop putting dhcpcd on the list. |
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> (3) Is udhcpc provided by busybox not sufficient in lieu of dhcpcd for stage3? |
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I think udhcpc is what you get in stage 3; if dhcpcd is there, I have no |
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idea how it is getting there. |
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William |
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