Mike Frysinger <vapier <at> gentoo.org> writes:
>
> yes, it's finally that time ... after months of hearing us say 'we want to
> get
> new baselayout stable asap', we're serious
>
> so can people please try out baselayout-1.11.12-r2+ and see if they notice
> any
> regressions ? the 'best' tests are simply rebooting and seeing if your
> system comes up :)
>
I've been running the 1.11.x series since .8 with no problems (except the
parallel thing that was mentioned before). Good work!
I just wanted to share some of the coolness of the new scripts:
Let's say you have a wireless network that uses BlueSocket login. It's rather
annoying to have to load a web browser before you can start using the
connection. I wrote a little perl script to submit the form and call it from
postup(). (Email me if you want the script.)
A second bit of logic I added to postup() was to merge the settings from my
wireless card into the bonding interface. This works as follows:
local ESSID=$( wireless_get_essid eth1 )
if [ "${IFACE}" == "bond0" ] ; then
echo "ESSID: $ESSID"
if [ -z "$(eval echo \${config_${ESSID}})" ] ||
[ "$(eval echo \${config_${ESSID}})" == "dhcp" ] ; then
dhcpcd -t 5 bond0
else
echo $(eval echo "\${config_${ESSID}}")
ifconfig ${IFACE} $(eval echo "\${config_${ESSID}}")
(route -n | grep -q "^0.0.0.0") && route del default
route add $(eval echo "\${routes_${ESSID}}")
fi
fi
Note that I also have these lines for the bond0 interface:
slaves_bond0="eth0 eth1"
config_bond0=( "null" ) # I'll configure this later
The astute reader will notice that I got a little lazy and didn't use the
dhcpcd_xxx variables for that condition, but that wouldn't be too hard to hack
in there.
The end result of this is I can seemlessly go back and forth between the wired
and wireless worlds without losing network connections. It's great to be on
wireless, start a download, plug into the wired, and then get an immediate speed
boost!
Here's another hint for wireless users: Test your card's ability to respond to
iwconfig <card> txpower <val> commands. Then put whatever the max value is into
the /etc/conf.d/wireless preassociate() function. This should have a noticable
effect on your ability to connect to networks.
Thanks for making this all this possible!
--Kevin
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