Re: issue with detecting the right interface
On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 20:33:49 -0700
Kash <melbogia@gmail.com> wrote:
> The autodiscovery seems to be flawed, in that if it finds a link on
> the wrong NIC, it tries to get a DHCP lease and gets stuck. We can
> always keep auto discovery in addition to this patch. For example, if
> there is a BOOTIF parameter, use this mechanism, otherwise use the
> auto discovery.
>
Yes it does appear to be flawed, given your experience.
I'd agree that both options would be desirable. The removed code does
seem to attempt to handle no response on a NIC by killing the non
responsive process.
I am curious why that portion of the code did not work.
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