[openbeosnetteam] Re: testread / Meeting?
- From: "David Reid" <dreid@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 17:24:38 -0000
Hmm, i'd like to think we had both ifconfig and a prefernces panel...
We can store the actual config at system level and then just have ifconfig
and the prefernces panel read/write to them?
Also, we do need the net stack to scan for devices as I think we should
enable a default behaviour, ie if the card is new to the system, when you
reboot if there's a driver it'll have a device entry and so the net stack
should say
o aha! a device, can I use it?
no - oh well, just move on
yes, great, create an ifnet structure and start configuration
o is there a network preferences entry?
yes - great - read and config
no - create an entry to sue dhcp and try to get an address
BTW, I also think we should aim to call cards in a better manner, i.e
/dev/net/tulip/0 => tulip0
So, in ifconfig, I can do
ifconfig tulip0 ...
This is a break from how the rest of the unix world works but seems a damn
sight more user-friendly and more "be", don't you think? this is one reason
I want a DHCP client module built as part of our stack...
david
----- Original Message -----
From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 5:17 PM
Subject: [openbeosnetteam] Re: testread / Meeting?
>
> > > Well, I can we will only have to open whatever drivers the user
> > > configured.
> > True. We don't have a preferences setup yet, so maybe that'll have
> > to be
> > moved up the priority list=3F
>
> Well, we need such tools as ifconfig and route.
> Should the preferences application just write shell scripts with call
> to ifconfig and friends=3F Or should we do a simple preferences updater
> which takes the network config and makes the right calls=3F
>
> Adios...
> Axel.
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