FS#28464 - [initscripts] PLEASE ENTER SUMMARY

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by (MajorTom) - Thursday, 16 February 2012, 04:02 GMT
Last edited by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Thursday, 16 February 2012, 16:10 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Can we add to 'man rc.conf' more information about NETWORKING and 'interface=' configuration? In particular, I'd like to see examples of handling multiple network interfaces. Is it OK to have multiple interface/address/netmask/broadcast/gateway definitions? It seems that 'interface=(eth0 eth1)' in an array should work. Can it be confirmed and at the same time documented in the man page?

Additional info:

* package version(s)
2012.02.1-1

* config and/or log files etc.
/etc/rc.conf
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Closed by  Ionut Biru (wonder)
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 16:10 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  we support only one network interface. use netcfg for a more advanced setup
Comment by (MajorTom) - Thursday, 16 February 2012, 04:05 GMT
BTW, it would be useful to have the ability to edit the bug report's summary after the initial posting. Too late now. Sorry.
Comment by Karol Błażewicz (karol) - Thursday, 16 February 2012, 04:49 GMT
http://www.archlinux.org/news/deprecation-of-net-tools/
"The new syntax is very simplistic and only supports one wired network device (configured statically or by dhcp) and we do not expect to add more features in the future. We want to encourage the use of more advanced network solutions, such as networkmanager or our own netcfg."

Are you sure that ''interface=(eth0 eth1)' does indeed work?
Comment by (MajorTom) - Thursday, 16 February 2012, 06:36 GMT
Thanks/dzięki for the news reference, Karol. I know the array works for at least one (connected) network interface in the list but I'm not sure if it'd work for all.
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Thursday, 16 February 2012, 08:03 GMT
only one is supported

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