From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Seewer Philippe Subject: Re: Reminder: /tmp/net.$netif.* files Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:40:06 +0200 Message-ID: <4A39EF56.9030408@bfh.ch> References: <4A392E76.5020909@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4A392E76.5020909-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> Sender: initramfs-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Warren Togami Cc: initramfs Warren Togami wrote: > If you write a file to /tmp/net.$netif.* please be sure it only exists > if that interface ends up as part of the netboot. The net.* files are > to be considered post-switch_root by initscripts or NetworkManager. We > don't want those tools to be confused by net.* files from aborted > interfaces that were not part of the netboot. Question: What net.* files would you consider to be necessary for initscripts and NetworkManager? I'd assume that would have to be dhclient-options and -lease file, an override file containing ip= contents and the written ifcfg-files. Anything else? > A tricky part might be ensuring net.* files for constituent interfaces > part of layered interfaces like bridges or bonds, in addition to net.* > files for the bridge or bond. > > Warren Togami > wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in > the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html