[oe] [RFC][PATCH] netbase: don't start udhcpc if kernel assigned IP statically

[Stanislav Brabec]

Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 08:45:06PM +0100, Phil Blundell wrote:

> > It seems like there must be a better way of solving this problem.  How
> > about just teaching "ifup -a" to spot interfaces that are already up and
> > leave them alone?
> 
> Won't work for the case of kernel-acquired DHCP address, i.e. kernel level 
> autoconfig, aka IP_PNP, aka ip=dhcp command line.

It was done in past, but removed. With one of new wpa_supplicant
versions, wireless stopped to work. wpa_supplicant turns up any wireless
interface immediately. (Well, WPA wireless still needs debugging. It
works with about 50% probability.)

What about parsing of kernel parameters during the boot and then doing
something.

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