dhcpcd-discuss

On 06/06/2014 19:53, David Hauck wrote:
> > I ask as what you want is probably this
> >
> > # Global section
> > nogateway
> > nohostname
> >
> > interface eth0
> > gateway
> > option hostname
> >
> > That presently doesn't work, but it won't take much effort to allow it
> > to work and facilitates hot plugging of new interfaces.
>
> Oh, that's interesting, yes. Independent of pluggable interfaces this
> could be a useful configuration variant.

http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/ci/4829f3d3ae?sbs=0
http://roy.marples.name/projects/dhcpcd/ci/38a6b63464?sbs=0

:)

> > I'm actually quite curious though - what device of yours has 6
> > interfaces wanting DHCP setup? I can't think of a single use case for 
> > such a beast!
>
> ;) We have some system configurations like this (used for advanced
> routing and data transfer applications). We currently don't allow for
> dynamic network configuration of these interfaces but I'm researching
> what might be involved in doing so.

Sounds interesting! Good luck with it, and thanks for considering 
dhcpcd.
I'll also point out that dhcpcd is also an IPv4LL/IPv6RA/DHCPv6 client.
I don't know if you've evaluated if you need that either, you may wish 
to disable that functionality as it's enabled by default.
Also, be aware (if you do), the next dhcpcd version will ship with IPv6 
Stable Private addresses enabled by default, instead of ones derived 
from the hardware address for SLAAC which maybe unsuitable for your 
product.

Roy