Re: boot: network configured before PCMCIA loaded
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 20:20:10 +0100, Shot (Piotr Szotkowski) wrote:
> Do you think I should switch to dnsmasq or pdnsd instead, because BIND
> is an overkill for a caching nameserver (or because of something else)?
Yes, either dnsmasq or pdnsd would be better suited to your needs.
> I posted to debian-devel because I was wondering whether simply moving
> network initialisation past the initial PCMCIA card loading wouldn't be
> a sane thing to do anyway.
Network initialization happens at /etc/rcS.d/S40networking and this won't
change any time soon. See /etc/rcS.d/README. The only option would be to
start cardmgr earlier.
Given that PCMCIA cards can be inserted any time, it doesn't matter how
early cardmgr is started in the boot sequence -- you still need to arrange
for configuration of the network card to be triggered after insertion (and
thus well after /etc/rcS.d/S40networking has run). Unless, of course,
your PCMCIA cards are welded into your computer. Another problem is that
cardmgr is started asynchronously, so starting it prior to
/etc/rcS.d/S40networking doesn't ensure that the drivers it loads are
ready when the latter runs. In my opinion there is no point in starting
cardmgr any earlier.
--
Thomas Hood
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