On 2/7/22 06:35, Didier Kryn wrote:
> Le 07/02/2022 à 08:29, aitor a écrit :
>> I've uploaded new iso images fixing a bug related to the last change in
>> simple-netaid for
>> compatibility with static ip addresses, that involved the response to
>> routing table netlink
>> events triggered by other processes. The images come with vdev by
>> default. Next step will be
>> to write a runit script for ifupdown that intend to solve the problem of
>> the still remaining
>> (at least booting with vdev) long delayed boot time when using
>> "allow-hotplug <interface>"
>> stanzas in /etc/network/interfaces.
>
>     The long delay is also present with sysvrc. It can be supressed by
> just removing the "allow-hotplug" line, without replacing it by an "auto"
> line, and relying on ifplugd or netplug to detect the presence of the
> carrier and trigger the configuration of the interface. The delay is
> suppressed because 'ifup -a' does not find any interface to bring up and
> carrier to wait for; and then ifplugd/netplug brings them up only when the
> carrier is detected. Dunno if simple-netaid can play the role of ifplugd
> or netplug.
>
> --     Didier
>

I keep updating your check-link-state.patch on /etc/network/interfaces. It
seems to still be working with allow-hotplug.

The original discussion on DNG is gone, but I saved part of it here:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?pid=15493#p15493

I think the line numbers are right for chimaera, but I always edit this
manually.

--- networking.orig    2021-11-08 08:47:47.520020285 -0500
+++ patches/networking.patched    2019-12-14 11:13:07.842536000 -0500
@@ -112,7 +112,13 @@
                 done)
         if [ -n "$ifaces" ]
         then
-        ifup $ifaces "$@" || true
+        # link detection does not work unless we up the link
+        ip link set "$iface" up || true
+        if [ "$(cat /sys/class/net/$link/operstate)" = up ]
+        then
+            echo "$iface"
+        fi
+
         fi
     fi
 }