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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:32:30
Message-Id: 20111017123015.6feec5cc@zaphod.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue by Mick
1 On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:19:16 +0100, Mick wrote:
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3 > > This seems more elegant than a separate init script, but do you want
4 > > it to return 0 unconditionally? If the modules fail to load, surely
5 > > you want the attempt to bring the interface up to abort?
6 >
7 > In my head I find it less elegant to be honest. Is it up to a network
8 > configuration script to load the *kernel* module for the hardware?
9
10 Is it up to an init script to do that either? I'd say no. either way
11 seems wrong, but having the network config check that the interface is
12 available before trying to bring it up seems somewhat less wrong.
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16 Neil Bothwick
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18 "I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I
19 can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it."

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Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net>