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On 12/14/2013 07:59 PM, William Hubbs wrote: |
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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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So wait, who makes the call now? dhcpcd is totally a network manager |
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for a lot of people who don't need wifi. It has init scripts and |
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everything.... |
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- -Zero |
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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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