RFC: new modes in network-manager 0.7 + ifupdown

[Lars Wirzenius]

ke, 2008-10-08 kello 13:26 +0200, Oliver Grawert kirjoitti:
> One of the conclusions was that we need to make sure dhcpd's
> initscript
> starts late enough past S30 unless we want to omit the self test feature
> (which would be a bad idea imho) but due to the fact that NM can also
> dynamically change the contents of /etc/network/interfaces and bring
> interfaces down/up with ifupdown, a call to the initscript in
> if-up.d/if-down.d would be necessary.

Would it not be more sensible to only start dhcpd when interfaces are
brought up? After all, there is no guarantee that there even is a
physical NIC installed in the system when it boots, but one might be
added later by the user (e.g., via USB or PCMCIA).

Or am I completely misunderstanding what is going on?