On 2015-07-09 10:46:06 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Thursday 09 July 2015 10:31:21 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2015-07-09 09:29:26 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Wednesday 08 July 2015 23:40:55 Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > > So, I wonder why the default file contains "allow-hotplug eth0". > > > > This seems to be incorrect: it doesn't make sense to put eth0 up > > > > only because the network interface eth0 is present, which is always > > > > the case in practice. The condition should be that an Ethernet cable > > > > is plugged in. > > > > > > Which is why it has "allow-hotplug eth0" and not "auto eth0". > > > > No, "allow-hotplug eth0" has always meant "when the interface is present", > > not "when an ethernet cable is plugged in". "auto" more or less means > > "always". > > So what, in your opinion, should it put? Many of the rest of us > would object if it didn't put an entry.
Remove the "allow-hotplug eth0" line and have eth0 be brought up automatically when there's an Ethernet signal? I haven't seen any drawback yet. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150709102134.ga13...@ypig.lip.ens-lyon.fr