On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 10:05 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: > ยท Alan Mckinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Docs on /etc/conf.d/net are about as clear as mud from where I sit. The > > last thing I need to figure out is what exactly is the difference > > between config_eth0 and iface_eth0 entries? > > Oh, that's simple! config_eth0 exists and iface_* doesn't. Quite > clear, as far as I'm concerned. Hmmm, it's now as clear as mud smeared all over a 100 foot black obsidian monolith. If iface_* doesn't exist, then why does it work on my machine? It not only works, but it works stably and well whereas config_* is unstable, eg if it can't find a dhcp server it tends to hang and wait forever. My /etc/init.d/net looks like: iface_eth0="192.168.0.3 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0" iface_eth1="dhcp" modules=( "wpa_supplicant" ) wpa_supplicant_eth0="-Dipw2200" eth0 is a wired on-board nic, eth1 is an ipw2200 > > I once found a note in some other obscure doc that iface_eth0 seems to > > be the syntax for ifconfig, while config_eth0 seems to be for iproute2. > > Can anyone confirm or deny this? > > Check out the documentation in /etc/conf.d/net.example. It'll deny > that iface_* is for one tool and config_* for the other tool. I read it, but it doesn't deny anything - it simply doesn't mention iface_* at all. Maybe iface_* is deprecated, but I've used it since 2005.0 and that's what the docs said then. I haven't seen any updates about it either. The baselayout ebuild has several checks at the end for old deprecated files and veriables, but iface_* isn't one of them. I'm using baselayout-1.12.4-r6 alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
