From 36cbbce63e69dc019d796ae868cad9e554e7deb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ted Lemon Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 17:11:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the -w option. --- client/dhclient.8 | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/client/dhclient.8 b/client/dhclient.8 index 277fb379..a09fb830 100644 --- a/client/dhclient.8 +++ b/client/dhclient.8 @@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ dhclient - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client server ] [ +.B -w +] +[ .I if0 [ .I ...ifN @@ -188,6 +191,18 @@ particularly useful if, for example, or .B RUNDIR has not yet been mounted when the DHCP client is started. +.PP +The DHCP client normally exits if it isn't able to identify any +network interfaces to configure. On laptop computers and other +computers with hot-swappable I/O buses, it is possible that a +broadcast interface may be added after system startup. The +.B -w +flag can be used to cause the client not to exit when it doesn't find +any such interfaces. The +.B dhcpccp (8) +program can then be used to notify the client when a network interface +has been added or removed, so that the client can configure an IP +address on that interface. .SH CONFIGURATION The syntax of the dhclient.conf(8) file is discussed seperately. .SH FILES