[9fans] Re: new termrc

[Alex Brainman <alex.brainman@gmail.com>]

On Apr 27, 9:16 am, g...@plan9.bell-labs.com wrote:
> I've just pushed out a new (and I hope stable) /rc/bin/termrc
> and /cfg/example/termrc.  Machine-specific configuration should
> go into /cfg/$sysname/termrc.  If you don't use DHCP (i.e., you
> statically configure terminal IP addresses), this affects you.
> You'll probably want to look at the diffs in any case.

I need an advice. I have a standalone plan9 computer, and if I use
the /rc/bin/termrc, then my $sysname is blank. It's, obviously,
because I use DHCP to set my ip address and other parameters, and I
use those settings as part of my network database. But at the time
when /rc/bin/termrc sets $sysname, network is not started yet and all
those parameters aren't available yet.

My /lib/ndb/local includes line:

	file=/lib/ndb/common

and I use DHCP to get my address and /lib/ndb/common contains:

ip=192.168.21.14 ipmask=255.255.255.128 ipgw=192.168.21.1
	sys=plan9term
	dom=plan9term.linux.sge.local sge.local
	dns=192.168.21.1

If I move

sysname=`{cat /dev/sysname}

line down after section where network is set, $sysname gets correct
value all right.

What am I doing wrong? Or is my setup "non-standard" enough and
I'can't use this general /rc/bin/termrc?

Thank you.


Alex