The branch stable/14 has been updated by cperciva: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=95256f403c47174733cedca6996957bb932fb356
commit 95256f403c47174733cedca6996957bb932fb356 Author: Isaac Cilia Attard <icatt...@freebsd.org> AuthorDate: 2024-08-08 06:34:59 +0000 Commit: Colin Percival <cperc...@freebsd.org> CommitDate: 2024-08-20 04:57:09 +0000 dhclient: Update rc.conf.5 with dhclient_arpwait Add new dhclient_arpwait option to rc.conf.5, with information about what it does, and cases in which it could be disabled. Sponsored by: Google LLC (GSoC 2024) Signed-off-by: Isaac Cilia Attard <icatt...@freebsd.org> MFC after: 10 days Reviwed by: cperciva, brooks, Tom Hukins, Alexander Ziaee Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1368 (cherry picked from commit e4482bfde9b10a4d0edd0e2d956a87b76db2cb1f) --- share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 index 5a8e4e2c1c5b..0576d26ce059 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/rc.conf.5 @@ -599,6 +599,15 @@ When specified, this variable overrides the variable for interface .Ar iface only. +.It Va dhclient_arpwait +.Pq Vt bool +Set to +.Dq Li NO +to stop +.Xr dhclient 8 +from waiting for ARP resolution, to make the system boot faster. +This may be done on networks where the DHCP server is certain to +know whether an address is available. .It Va synchronous_dhclient .Pq Vt bool Set to