Hi, It seems Bob explained good basics but I think there is some other confusion here.
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 08:13:38PM +0530, Mihira Fernando wrote: > AFAIK, allow-hotplug makes the interface come up only when a cable > is plugged in. No when device becomes available to Linux kernel even if wires are not plugged. The wiring event is something you need ifplugd to take care. > auto makes the interface come up at boot time > regardless of the cable state. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#list-of-stanzas-in-eni (I read the source to ome up with this table). auto is old name for allow-auto which starts itself by the initialization script. allow-hotplug is new and it starts when the device becomes available to Linux kernel. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
