Re: boot hangs when no ethernet cable is plugged in
On Thursday 09 July 2015 10:31:21 Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> 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".
So what, in your opinion, should it put? Many of the rest of us would object
if it didn't put an entry.
Lisi
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