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authorJouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com>2014-02-25 14:22:22 +0100
committerJouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com>2014-02-27 13:48:49 +0100
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Factor out DHCP client support
Support for additional DHCP clients is now easy to add.
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@@ -137,18 +137,20 @@ network. In particular, these connection types are +ethernet+,
An array of custom routes of the form +
`**<address range>** via **<gateway>**'.
-'DHCPClient=' [requires a DHCP setting]::
- The name of the preferred DHCP client. Supported options are
- `dhcpcd' and `dhclient'. Defaults to `dhcpcd'.
+'DHCPClient=' [requires 'IP=dhcp']::
+ The name of the DHCP client to use. Clients may accept additional
+ options through client-specific variables. By default, *netctl*
+ comes with support for `dhcpcd' and `dhclient'. Defaults to
+ `++dhcpcd++'.
+
+'DHCP6Client=' [requires 'IP6=dhcp' or 'IP6=dhcp-noaddr']::
+ The name of the DHCPv6 client to use. By default, only `dhclient'
+ is supported. Defaults to `++dhclient++'.
'DHCPReleaseOnStop='::
Set to `++yes++' to release the DHCP lease when the profile is
stopped.
-'DhcpcdOptions=', 'DhclientOptions=', 'DhclientOptions6='::
- Additional options to be passed to the DHCP client. Do not use this
- unless you know what you are doing.
-
'IPCustom=()'::
An array of argument lines to pass to `ip`. This can be used to
achieve complicated configurations within the framework of *netctl*.