-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/14/2013 07:59 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > You make some good points. I'll answer your questions as best as I can, > but we can consider this thread closed. I will not try to put the > virtual in, but I will come back to the list soon and start another > thread. > > In a nutshell, our networking is a beast, and we should try to simplify > it some how imo. I'll write out my thoughts about that when I start the > other thread. > > > On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 11:24:10AM -0600, mingdao wrote: >> (1) What is "the new network stack" provided by the newnet USE flag? > > That consists of the network and staticroute scripts which are part of > OpenRC. The network script sets up interfaces and configures static > addresses only; it will allow you to run any command at any point in the > process of doing this. What some people on Gentoo do not like about it > is it is all or nothing. You can't start/stop/depend on a single > interface. > > The staticroute script is used to configure multiple static routes once > the network script has set up the static addresses. > >> (2) Why is dhcpcd referred to as a "network manager" in the same context as >> wicd, networkmanager, connman, etc? In the sense that dhcpcd is not >> sufficient >> for security protected wireless alone, as is, say, wicd; and is not a >> replacement for true "network manager" apps. DHCP client != network manager >> app > > This is a good point, so I will drop putting dhcpcd on the list. So wait, who makes the call now? dhcpcd is totally a network manager for a lot of people who don't need wifi. It has init scripts and everything....
- -Zero > >> (3) Is udhcpc provided by busybox not sufficient in lieu of dhcpcd for >> stage3? > > I think udhcpc is what you get in stage 3; if dhcpcd is there, I have no > idea how it is getting there. > > William > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSr4GkAAoJEKXdFCfdEflKoacP/3SvAZCABR0uJnZtE5Om4ZLx qnT0Tmdh9asrSQZdfLykYVms8WXkmfG7S/C2O+acWxaTSHP5oNp1KrWufketuKob i+CS9PjnF/EsRyj1Xw/XmYUfOKzrOeob+ePS3iYIw+y8kegQp0A12O60jJhVEAtQ 0aK59HhOZtDPvdA0A2c8X3Ar1LEFy/TbuCB7wO7BhfMlNZMr86cdy2xVSGcZfAaT ri9B0qvK22L1HckN21nPbA7e9tM5DB9nio02YuB54Yng0Z2dS4wL5pdniftrIlMd ah3svtRozXcd3VyRJAu26ONKWzQCrUeqZN6qR/x5JSJBjElHbyN1ah0wMvhyujIV QfTyukokIEiSJSgGw5B5IhmnwBVXNVzZHVI5J7LwGOGzR1iNM3QIwuH54Ws7PLvs 62G4m+Lybl+tqkVOv/BZ8/xY1JxHARJYFIthjlRtQQyG6/aaFIxpbGmzso65gMyK 9Q9kSj3dppG9wAzrhEfQ17qEwfqfX1JhvBrPJdJxSIfHiiVS8kDBSXT5cWmA1GWG JVek8SBMCr92STEzfBd8vNE5UCcvrl5RO3uu1xZBIgK+gCNJEnbTKET5EHbuZrRJ 4s0JEDuXMGM82AaQC5O4DEpUH0d48O/IzmXey9UyExV3Vsu1BlIoOV7NFCfXX6Pd k44DP5R36SmSSsY3MYI8 =hl2B -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----