Re: Bug#433568: VLANs during install are important
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 01:07:04AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Saturday 30 January 2010, Josef Wolf wrote:
> > This is why my original proposal was to decide from the value of
> > netcfg/chosen_interface whether to load/configure all the vlan stuff.
>
> So you would *always* show vlan interfaces, even for regular users on
> normal systems? I don't think I like that idea very much.
> Note that during most installs the dialog to select an interface is not
> even displayed currently (if there's only one) and we certainly wouldn't
> want to change that.
As I read the original proposal, it was actually only a preseeded option --
if you preseeded netcfg/choose_interface to have a VLANesque name (eth0.X),
then vconfig would be invoked, otherwise no such luck. Personally, I think
that if you're going to go to the trouble of implementing it, a (low)
priority question would be worth the hassle, but personally I don't see why
anyone would ever want to install over a *tagged* VLAN, myself. But then, I
don't work in a fortress of intransigence, and I get to manage my own
network ports.
- Matt
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