Re: guessnet with ifplugd during boot fails

From: Olaf Conradi (oohlaf_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/27/05

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    On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 11:18:47 +0100, Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
    > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:40:10 +0100, Olaf Conradi wrote:
    > > This is my configuration:
    > >
    > > and my /etc/default/ifplugd contains:
    > > INTERFACES="" with
    > > HOTPLUG_INTERFACES="all"
    > >
    > > I also tried putting INTERFACES="eth0" in /etc/default/ifplugd and
    > > commented the hotplug stanza in /etc/network/interfaces, but that
    > > setup gave the same results.
    > >
    > > Does anyone know why guessnet does not detect my server during boot?
    > > Is it guessnet where the problem lies?
    >
    > The problem is probably #245651.

    Ah, yes, that was it. Hotplugs starts ifplugd too early during boot as
    discover loads the driver at S36discover.

    I changed INTERFACES="eth0" in ifplugd again, rebooted, but it still
    didn't configure the interface. I realized the
    HOTPLUG_INTERFACES="all" still caused ifplugd to be started before
    S39ifupdown. When I changed it to HOTPLUG_INTERFACES="eth1 eth2" it
    worked.

    Maybe add some logic to /etc/hotplug.d/net/ifplugd.hotplug to exclude
    the interfaces named in INTERFACES if HOTPLUG_INTERFACES is set to
    "all"? Or call this something else?

    Or I could disable hardware detection during boot in discover or skip
    my network driver.
    Doesn't hotplug do the same more or less?

    > Don't hold your breath waiting for this to be fixed. Hot plugging of
    > network cards isn't supported in sarge.

    OK, I'll start breathing again :)

    Cheers,
     -Olaf 

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