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authorRoy Marples <roy@marples.name>2008-08-17 15:13:23 +0000
committerRoy Marples <roy@marples.name>2008-08-17 15:13:23 +0000
commitbac03ede3de43969143a5bd314af10f17003980a (patch)
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downloaddhcpcd-bac03ede3de43969143a5bd314af10f17003980a.tar.xz
Document correct background option in dhcpcd.conf
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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd August 13, 2008
+.Dd August 17, 2008
.Dt DHCPCD.CONF 5 SMM
.Sh NAME
.Nm dhcpcd.conf
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ Blank lines and lines starting with # are ignored.
.Pp
Here's a list of available options:
.Bl -tag -width indent
-.It Ic vendorclassid Ar string
-Change the default vendorclassid sent from dhcpcd-version.
-If not set then none is sent.
+.It Ic background
+Background immediately.
+This is useful for startup scripts which don't disable link messages for
+carrier status.
.It Ic clientid Ar string
Change the default clientid sent from the interface hardware address.
If the string is of the format 01:02:03 then it is encoded as hex.
@@ -102,8 +103,6 @@ See
.It Ic nolink
Don't receive link messages about carrier status.
You should only set this for buggy interface drivers.
-.It Ic nowait
-Don't wait to obtain a DHCP lease, fork to the background right away.
.It Ic option Ar dhcp-option
Requests the
.Ar dhcp-option
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ be too long or too short and can be changed here.
.It Ic userclass Ar string
Tag the DHCP messages with the userclass.
You can specify more than one.
-.It vendor Ar code , Ns Ar value
+.It Ic vendor Ar code , Ns Ar value
Add an enscapulated vendor option.
.Ar code
should be between 1 and 254 inclusive.
@@ -135,6 +134,9 @@ Set the vendor option 02 with a hex code.
.D1 vendor 02,01:02:03:04:05
Set the vendor option 03 with an IP address as a string.
.D1 vendor 03,\e"192.168.0.2\e"
+.It Ic vendorclassid Ar string
+Change the default vendorclassid sent from dhcpcd-version.
+If not set then none is sent.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr dhcpcd-run-hooks 8 ,