Re: boot hangs when no ethernet cable is plugged in
On 2015-07-09 09:29:26 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Wednesday 08 July 2015 23:40:55 Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > So, I wonder why the default file contains "allow-hotplug eth0".
> > This seems to be incorrect: it doesn't make sense to put eth0 up
> > only because the network interface eth0 is present, which is always
> > the case in practice. The condition should be that an Ethernet cable
> > is plugged in.
>
> Which is why it has "allow-hotplug eth0" and not "auto eth0".
No, "allow-hotplug eth0" has always meant "when the interface is present",
not "when an ethernet cable is plugged in". "auto" more or less means
"always".
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