Hi, Are there any initiatives to allow entering a domain in anaconda's static configuration method? (to allow you to enter 'machine' instead of 'machine.domain.com' for example) Thank You, Arthur V. On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 17:07 -1000, David Cantrell wrote: > Here is the first patch to bring NetworkManager in to anaconda. The > goals > during this patch: > > * Make minimal changes to the current code. > * Bring NetworkManager in and use it starting in stage 1. > * Do not make changes to the NetworkManager related packages as they are > in Fedora, just use them as is and pull in whatever we need. > * Be able to perform IPv4 installs over HTTP and NFS. > > In an effort to ease patch-reading pain, I have split the patches up > in to > some sort of logical groupings: > > 0001-misc.patch > Changes to anaconda.spec and command-stubs > > 0002-scripts.patch > Changes to upd-instroot and mk-images* > > 0003-loader.patch > Mostly changes to net.c at the moment, but other > files have some changes. > > 0004-isys.patch > Changes to isys. iface.c has most of it. The > wireless bits are gone. And I am still working > on isys.c. > > What you are going to find in these patches: > > 1) Lots of changes to upd-instroot and mk-images. NetworkManager > means we > also bring in dbus, hal, PolicyKit, functions, network-functions, > and > other support programs called by those programs or scripts. > dhclient > is in there, along with dhclient-script (which uses bash), and > dhcp6c. > It's a truckload of stuff. > > 1a) Had to bring in /usr/lib/gconv because NM converts dhcp options to > Unicode. After talking with Dan Williams (dcbw, NM upstream), NM > has > been modified to not perform that conversion. When the new > version of > NM shows up in rawhide, I can dump /usr/lib/gconv. > > 3) A new function called writeDisabledNetInfo() which writes out ifcfg > files for every found interface so we disable them by default. > > 4) The new iface.c stuff in isys. This code starts NetworkManager and > introduces a new type called iface_t. This is meant to replace all > uses of networkDeviceConfig and pumpNetIntf and all of the other > various structs that hold net info. Yes, there are a lot of flags > and copies of data right now, but cleanup is later. The rest of the > iface code is to provide a single API inside anaconda to get > information > about an interface (or set information). I expect the iface_t > struct > to get smaller, as well as flags in loaderData to disappear. > > 5) No more pump or libdhcp. > > > What works (or, what I've tested locally): > > * IPv4 network installs over HTTP (and I guess FTP) > * IPv4 network installs over NFS > > I've tested using DHCP and static configuration method. NetworkManager > currently lacks complete support for IPv6, but that's on my to do list. > > I want to make sure kickstart isn't completely busted either. > > > What is obviously not working correctly yet (read: I already know > about it): > > * Network configuration information is not carried over to stage 2 yet. > When you are at the post-config step for the network interfaces, it > won't > reflect the current state. > > * Any wireless installs. The get_connection() function in loader2/net.c > provides a loop to attach this kind of stuff. When NM wants more > info, > we can prompt here and continue to wait for it to bring up the link. > > * IPv6 installs. NetworkManager is currently not quite there yet, but > that's ok because neither are Fedora users in general. I am > working on > NM to bring IPv6 support in to it, at least for Fedora. > > > What I'm doing next: > > * Fix bugs. > * Start removing deprecated code. In particular, STEP_NETWORK, > STEP_IFACE, > and STEP_IP need reworking. In net.c, all of the functions can be > simplified. > * Removal of network parameters in loaderData. > * Communicate more with NetworkManager over D-Bus. > * Add code that can prompt for required parameters as needed when NM > asks > for them (e.g., wireless settings or passwords). This will require > the > D-Bus communication bits to be in place. This step will bring us > wireless > WPA and WEP installs, for example. > * More patches to NetworkManager to support IPv6. > > > Comments welcome. Would like to commit this ASAP. > > -- > David Cantrell <dcantrell@xxxxxxxxxx> > Red Hat / Honolulu, HI > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
