Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261903AbTH2RpN (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:45:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261982AbTH2RpN (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:45:13 -0400 Received: from 64.221.211.208.ptr.us.xo.net ([64.221.211.208]:19139 "HELO mail.keyresearch.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261903AbTH2RnR (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:43:17 -0400 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] netplug, a daemon that handles network cables getting plugged in and out From: "Bryan O'Sullivan" To: David T Hollis Cc: Aaron Lehmann , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com In-Reply-To: <3F4EB641.3040107@davehollis.com> References: <1062105712.12285.78.camel@serpentine.internal.keyresearch.com> <20030829003426.GF12249@vitelus.com> <3F4EB641.3040107@davehollis.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1062178992.12285.130.camel@serpentine.internal.keyresearch.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 29 Aug 2003 10:43:13 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 827 Lines: 22 On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 19:11, David T Hollis wrote: > Hmm, that seems to raise the question - why doesn't dhclient just handle > that? Because it has as little knowledge of how the OS works as possible. It's intended to run on all kinds of Unix platforms, not just Linux. > On a DHCP interface, it's running anyway. if it paid attention > to link status, it would know when to re-request an IP. There are no cross-platform standards for this kind of thing, so they'd need modules for Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, AIX, etc., etc. I'm sure they'd be happy to accept patches.