[PATCH 1/2] dhcpcd: Add rtems_dhcpcd_start()

[Sebastian Huber]

On 02/05/18 11:01, Chris Johns wrote:
> This is duplicating this code:
>
> https://git.rtems.org/rtems-libbsd/tree/rtemsbsd/rtems/rtems-bsd-rc-conf-net.c#n632
>
> It is a documented way to run DHCP [1].

The FreeBSD compatible initialization is nice, but not every application 
should be forced to use the rc.conf based initialization approach.

>
> The change no documentation and seems rather custom. This approach was a flaw
> with the legacy stack and I would prefer we do not follow. It allows
> applications to be created that use it which means we need to maintain this forever.

It is a simple refactorization of the default-network-init.h code. For 
some applications this is just the right thing to do.

In terms of libbsd documentation, yes, this is an open issue in general. 
Its likely more than one week of work which I don't have at the moment.

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