From 7767fd5cfa84d293feba031571228c6ea1ec96e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: brooks Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:28:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Mention that a few ed(4) devices don't emit link state change notices and a workaround for dhclient. Reviewed by: thierry MFC after: 3 days --- share/man/man4/ed.4 | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/share/man/man4/ed.4 b/share/man/man4/ed.4 index 5b375f622173..6974aeb0d6c7 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/ed.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/ed.4 @@ -425,3 +425,21 @@ driver is slow by today's standards. .Pp PC Card attachment supports the D-Link DMF650TX LAN/Modem card's Ethernet port only at this time. +.Pp +Some devices supported by +.Nm +do no generate the link state change events used by +.Xr devd 8 +to start +.Xr dhclinet 8 . +If you have problems with +.Xr dhclient 8 +not starting and the device is always attached to the network it may +be possible to work around this by changing +.Dq Li DHCP +to +.Dq Li SYNCDHCP +in the +.Va ifconfig_ed0 +entry in +.Pa /etc/rc.conf .