[Buildroot] [PATCH v4] Allow a single DHCP configuration via the system configuration submenu

[Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>]

Dear J?r?my Rosen,

On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 14:08:39 +0100, J?r?my Rosen wrote:

> +config BR2_SIMPLE_DHCP
> +	string "Name of the physical network interface to run DHCP on"
> +	default ""
> +	depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_NETWORKD && (BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX || BR2_PACKAGE_IFUPDOWN)
> +	help
> +	  The name of the network interface to configure automatically.
> +	  A DHCP request will automatically happen on startup on the selected
> +	  interface.
> +
> +	  If left empty, no automatic DHCP requests will take place.
> +
> +	  For more complicated network setups use an overlay to overwrite
> +	  /etc/network/interfaces or add a networkd configuration file.
> +
> +comment "automatic network configuration via DHCP is not compatible with networkd"
> +	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD_NETWORKD
> +
> +comment "automatic network configuration via DHCP needs ifupdown or busybox"
> +	depends on !(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX || BR2_PACKAGE_IFUPDOWN)

I'm still not really happy with this. It's
really /etc/network/interfaces as a whole that doesn't make sense in a
context where you don't have Busybox ifupdown, or the full blown
ifupdown, no? Not just the DHCP part of it.

Thomas
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