----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Haller" <thal...@redhat.com> > To: "Harald Dunkel" <harald.dun...@aixigo.de> > Cc: "networkmanager." <networkmanager-list@gnome.org>, "Pavel Simerda" > <psime...@redhat.com> > Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2015 11:54:49 AM > Subject: Re: No more IPv4 address after boot up since NM 0.9.10 > > On Thu, 2015-03-12 at 10:32 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > On Wed, 04 Mar 2015 18:15:43 +0100 > > Frederik Himpe <frede...@frehi.be> wrote: > > > > > > > > I still think that NM's behaviour not to touch the interface when it's > > > up already is counter-intuitive. If I start up NM with a configuration > > > for eth0, then I _do_ want this configuration to be applied, just like > > > the distro specific init networking scripts would do. If you don't want > > > NM to touch an existing interface, then it makes more sense to me to > > > completely disable NM, or to set this specific interface unmanaged in > > > NM. > > > > > > Maybe this behaviour should be configurable? > > > > > > > I am affected by exactly the same problem, and I completely agree > > with Frederik. Some improvement here would be highly appreciated. > > > ok, but what is the concrete suggestion? > > > How about adding a autoconnect-boot argument to a connection.
What about my original suggestion of "onboot" as a separate option from "auto"[1] plus a new behavior that "onboot" connections would be enforced even if the device is already configured? [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=700651 That would IMO make sense and would solve other issues like auto connections blocking the boot process when not desired. Ah, I see you mentioned it down in the e-mail. Chees, Pavel > When NM > starts and an interface is unconfigured it would do the usual > autoconnect behavior. > > If the interface is already configured, during startup only, > NetworkManager would consider > (autoconnect==TRUE && autoconnect-boot==TRUE) > connections and forcefully activate them. > > > I remember some discussion about supporting splitting the meaning of > autoconnect into a autoconnect and on-boot. I am unable to find the > bug/email now (CC Pavel). > > > Thomas > _______________________________________________ networkmanager-list mailing list networkmanager-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
