On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Adam Williamson<awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 12:04 -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > >> The Moblin OS uses Connman for everything networking. This is a >> different architecture than what Fedora does, where Fedora >> has /etc/sysconfig and other scripts that do part of the work etc. At >> first this looks like a minor change, but it's kinda fundamental. > > AIUI this isn't an entirely accurate characterization. When > NetworkManager is in use on Fedora it takes over entirely; it ignores > the settings in /etc/sysconfig/network-profiles and so forth, it uses > its own configuration data only. For F12 it's growing a feature where it > will 'assume' connections handled by the old-style scripts that are > active when it starts up, and pass them off again when it shuts down, > but still, while it's running, it is in charge of everything networking, > as you describe for Connman. The difference is just that, on Fedora, you > have the option of _not_ running NetworkManager at all, instead using > the older system, if you choose. > > Others correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is the case :) You are wrong ;) NM does use so called "system settings" which are pretty much the "legacy" ifup scripts. It has its own keyfile based backend for this but currently we use the old format trough the redhat/fedora plugin. So when you create a connection by system-config-network nm would use it unless you remove the "nm controlled" bit. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
